Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
TRMM & ETS 7
Launched
November 27, 1997
Image: Masamic
Summary
TRMM & ETS 7 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on November 27, 1997. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 5th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,195th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th H-II flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). TRMM, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 373 × 392 km orbit inclined 33.4°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- H-II · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th H-II flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 5th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,195th orbital launch attempt77th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
TRMM · NORAD 25063 · 1997-074 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TRMM
- Object ID
- 1997-074A
- Epoch
- 1997-11-27 22:37:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.64284004 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014571
- Inclination
- 33.4106°
- Ascending node
- 50.0079°
- Arg. of perigee
- 240.8539°
- Mean anomaly
- 118.4586°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component
- TRMM · NORAD 25063 · re-entered June 16, 2015
- Hikoboshi · NORAD 25064 · re-entered November 13, 2015
- Orihime · NORAD 25424 · docked July 6, 1998
H-II-6F Stage 2 · re-entered January 27, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) is the first space mission dedicated to quantitatively measuring tropical and subtropical rainfall which is one of the most important and least-known parameters affecting the global climate system. ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite, "Kiku 7") was launched aboard the H-2 No. 6 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in November 1997.mETS-VII itself comprises two satellites: "Orihime" and "Hikoboshi". "Orihime" is a target satellite weighing approximately 400 kilograms. It is placed in a fixed circular orbit at an altitude of roughly 550 kilometers. "Hikoboshi" is a chaser satellite, weighing some 2.5 tons. It moves in a variable orbit to rendezvous and dock with "Orihime". "Hikoboshi" is equipped with a six-jointed, three-clawed robot arm two meters long.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
5th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 29th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
467 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did TRMM & ETS 7 launch?
TRMM & ETS 7 launched on November 27, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TRMM & ETS 7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched TRMM & ETS 7?
H-II, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-II spec sheet
Where did TRMM & ETS 7 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did TRMM & ETS 7 reach?
TRMM, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 373 × 392 km orbit inclined 33.4°.
How many satellites did TRMM & ETS 7 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).