HALCA (MUSES B)

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HALCA (MUSES B) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 24720

Int'l Code: 1997-005A

Perigee: 551.9 km

Apogee: 21,120.4 km

Inclination: 31.2 °

Period: 374.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 17207 km

RCS: 27.289 m² (large)

Launch date: February 12, 1997
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: KAGOSHIMA SPACE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (KSCUT)

Dedicated to Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Halca means "far away."

1 24720U 97005A   25166.71870060  .00000097  00000-0  31766-3 0  9997
2 24720  31.1736 149.7237 5976738 219.3731  75.6750  3.84626217395558

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC