National Space Development Agency of JapanN-IOsaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Ayame 2
Launched
February 22, 1980
Summary
Ayame 2 launched on a National Space Development Agency of Japan N-I from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 22, 1980. It was National Space Development Agency of Japan's 6th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,301st orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th N-I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Ayame 2, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 35,397 × 36,405 km orbit inclined 0.5°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 6th N-I flight · 1st this yearNational Space Development Agency of Japan's 6th launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,301st orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Ayame 2 · NORAD 11715 · 1980-018 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- AYAME 2 (ECS-2)
- Object ID
- 1980-018A
- Epoch
- 1980-02-23 03:33:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99890019 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0119322
- Inclination
- 0.5051°
- Ascending node
- 280.0271°
- Arg. of perigee
- 21.1869°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.5896°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 2 debris, 1 component; 4 still in orbit
- Ayame 2 · NORAD 11715 · in orbit
N-I-6F Stage 2 · re-entered February 28, 1980
N-I-6F Stage 3 · re-entered April 6, 2009
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
One of two experimental communications satellites.
Pad
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
6th launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 1st this year · 6th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
380 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Ayame 2 launch?
Ayame 2 launched on February 22, 1980. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Ayame 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Ayame 2?
N-I, flown by National Space Development Agency of Japan. N-I spec sheet
Where did Ayame 2 launch from?
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Ayame 2 reach?
Ayame 2, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 35,397 × 36,405 km orbit inclined 0.5°.
How many satellites did Ayame 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).