Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 28773
Int'l Code: 2005-025A
Perigee: 552.8 km
Apogee: 561.8 km
Inclination: 31.4 °
Period: 95.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 6928 km
Launch date: July 10, 2005
Source: Japan (JPN)
Comments: Orbiting observatory for study of high-energy processes; X-ray spectrometer (XRS) instrument failed one month into mission.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28773U 05025A 13139.50597234 .00003510 00000-0 23339-3 0 219
2 28773 031.3827 174.4795 0006489 249.5797 219.8435 15.05450468431772
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ASTRO E2
