H-2A R/B
Launch
Launched on Dec 14, 2002 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan aboard a H-IIA 202.
H-IIA 202 | Midori-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 21:23 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 14, 2002
Mass
—
Apogee
833 km
Perigee
733 km
Inclination
98.34°
Period
1.67 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for H-2A R/B across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
733 × 833 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2002-056 (H-IIA 202 | Midori-2).
- MIDORI II (ADEOS-II) · 27597
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