AKEBONO (EXOS-D)
1989-02-21
Satellite information AKEBONO (EXOS-D)
| Spacetrack Directory Name | AKEBONO (EXOS-D) |
| Orbit launches |
1989-02-21 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Japonia (JPN) |
| Starting point | KSCUT (Uchinoura Space Center, Japan) |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 254 km |
| Apogee | 2956 km |
Additional information AKEBONO (EXOS-D)
Akebono (known as EXOS-D before launch) is a satellite to study aurora and Earth's magnetosphere environment.
It was developed by Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and launched by M-3SII rocket on February 22, 1989.
After 26 years of successful observation, operation was terminated on April 23, 2015, due to the degradation of solar cells and the decay of orbit.
Update time: 2023-04-18 15:53:04
AKEBONO (EXOS-D) a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 1989-02-21
