QZS-1 (Michibiki)
COSPAR 2010-045A · NORAD 37158
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (QZSS)
- Launch date
- 2010-09-11
- Status (SATCAT)
- nonoperational
- Launch site code
- TANSC
- Owner code
- JPN
- COSPAR ID
- 2010-045A
- NORAD ID
- 37,158
Source:Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (QZSS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 1,641.69 min
- Inclination
- 44.41°
- Apogee
- 39,756 km
- Perigee
- 39,684 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It takes about 1.1 days to circle Earth — a high, long orbit (CelesTrak: 1,642 min).
- Someone born in its launch year (2010) turns 16 this year.
Worked out from this object's official values.