JAXA Set Guinness World Record For Lowest Orbiting Satellite

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has set the Guinness World Record for the “lowest altitude by an Earth observation satellite in orbit”. Launched aboard a home-grown H-IIA rocket on December 21, 2017, the Super Low Altitude Test Satellite (SLATS) first maintained an orbital altitude of 271.5 kilometers. Ground crews then gradually lowered its orbit finally reaching the Guinness-World-Record-setting 167.4-kilometer altitude. More

(Source: Rocket Rundown - Dec 26)