H-2A R/B
Launch
Launched on Jan 24, 2006 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan aboard a H-IIA 2022.
H-IIA 2022 | Daichi →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 01:07 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jan 24, 2006
Mass
—
Apogee
545 km
Perigee
477 km
Inclination
98.27°
Period
1.58 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for H-2A R/B across 149 days of archived orbital elements (151 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-5.7 km
Rate
-0.04 km/day
Now
477 × 545 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 2006-002 (H-IIA 2022 | Daichi).
- ALOS (DAICHI) · 28931
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