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QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3)

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QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) is classified as:


NORAD ID: 42917
Int'l Code: 2017-048A
Launch date: August 19, 2017
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) is a Japanese satellite designed to be part of a constellation of navigation aids to improve positioning services across the country. Michibiki means 'guiding' or 'showing the way' in Japanese. Built by Mitsubishi Electric, the navigation craft joins two similar satellites launched on H-2A rockets in September 2010 and in June of this year. Those previous spacecraft circle Earth in orbits tilted at an angle to the equator, causing them to oscillate north and south, but remain always fixed over the Asia-Pacific region.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE): 
1 42917U 17048A   26281.60063069 -.00000361  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 42917   0.0505 191.6083 0002026  19.9880 148.9362  1.00273321 33398
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC