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QZS-1 (MICHIBIKI)

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 27.4 hours, on an orbit tilted 44.4° from the equator, between 39,686 and 39,768 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About QZS-1 (MICHIBIKI)

QZS-1 (MICHIBIKI) is a satellite from Japan, launched on Sep 11, 2010 from Tanegashima Space Center.

It circles Earth every 1,642 minutes (0.9 times a day), between 39,684 and 39,756 km up, on an orbit tilted 44.4° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 44° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Michibiki 1 · decommissioned Japanese navigation test satellite

Operated by
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, National Space Policy Secretariat
Built by
NEC, Mitsubishi Electric
Mass
2,281 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 32 days its lowest point went from 39,684 km to 39,684 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
39,68039,70039,72039,74039,760Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.