HINODE (SOLAR B)

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HINODE (SOLAR B) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29479

Int'l Code: 2006-041A

Perigee: 664.9 km

Apogee: 691.5 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 98.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7049 km

RCS: 6.1069 m² (large)

Launch date: September 22, 2006
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: KAGOSHIMA SPACE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (KSCUT)

Solar-B is an ISAS mission with international partners, a follow-on to the highly successful Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (Solar-A) collaboration. The mission consists of a coordinated set of optical, EUV and X-ray instruments that will apply a systems approach to the interaction between the Sun's magnetic field and its high temperature, ionized atmosphere. The result will be an improved understanding of the mechanisms which give rise to solar magnetic variability and how this variability modulates the total solar output and creates the driving force behind space weather.

1 29479U 06041A   24261.92522364  .00002390  00000-0  43531-3 0  9993
2 29479  98.0881 275.9769 0018884 144.0253 216.2226 14.66875632961375

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC