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: 532.6 km

Apogee: 21,185.6 km

Inclination: 31.3 °

Period: 375.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 17230 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   24144.09576480  .00000370  00000-0  15437-2 0  9992
2 24720  31.3126  39.3665 5993276 192.1688 351.3797  3.83858209380610

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC