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: 540.4 km

Apogee: 21,165.8 km

Inclination: 31.3 °

Period: 374.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 17224 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   24290.40199451  .00001317  00000-0  48506-2 0  9993
2 24720  31.3292 305.9275 5987357 337.0774 246.9859  3.84059087386232

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC