Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyM-VMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Akari
Launched
February 21, 2006
Image: JAXA/ISAS
Summary
Akari launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency M-V from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on February 21, 2006. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 18th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,755th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th M-V flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Akari, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 306 × 728 km orbit inclined 98.2°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- M-V · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 6th M-V flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 18th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,755th orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Akari · NORAD 28939 · 2006-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2006-005A
- Epoch
- 2006-02-22 00:02:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.18533168 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0306416
- Inclination
- 98.1969°
- Ascending node
- 61.5493°
- Arg. of perigee
- 147.4641°
- Mean anomaly
- 214.5897°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- Akari · NORAD 28939 · re-entered April 11, 2023
- Cubesat-OSCAR-56 · NORAD 28941 · re-entered October 25, 2009
M-V-8 Stage 3 · re-entered February 2, 2011
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Akari (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea.
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
29th launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 34th from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
226 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Akari launch?
Akari launched on February 21, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Akari?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Akari?
M-V, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. M-V spec sheet
Where did Akari launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Akari reach?
Akari, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 306 × 728 km orbit inclined 98.2°.
How many satellites did Akari launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).