Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyM-VMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Hinode
Launched
September 22, 2006
Image: NASA/GSFC/C. Meaney
Summary
Hinode launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency M-V from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on September 22, 2006. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 20th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 4,795th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th M-V flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Hinode, one of 11 catalogued objects, reached a 279 × 686 km orbit inclined 98.3°. 11 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- M-V · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 7th M-V flight · 2nd this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 20th launch5th this yearhumanity's 4,795th orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Hinode · NORAD 29479 · 2006-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 11 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2006-041A
- Epoch
- 2006-09-22 22:35:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.30210541 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0297312
- Inclination
- 98.3083°
- Ascending node
- 274.0769°
- Arg. of perigee
- 131.1804°
- Mean anomaly
- 231.6053°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
11 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 7 debris; 1 still in orbit
- Hinode · NORAD 29479 · in orbit
- SSSAT · NORAD 29482 · re-entered September 25, 2006
- HITSAT-OSCAR-59 · NORAD 29484 · re-entered June 18, 2008
M-V-7 Stage 3 · re-entered October 20, 2009
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese solar observatory designed to stury the Sun
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
30th launch from Mu Center, 2nd this year · 35th from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
213 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Hinode launch?
Hinode launched on September 22, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hinode?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Hinode?
M-V, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. M-V spec sheet
Where did Hinode launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Hinode reach?
Hinode, one of 11 catalogued objects, reached a 279 × 686 km orbit inclined 98.3°.
How many satellites did Hinode launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).