In orbitRocket body

HIMAWARI-4 AKM

NORAD: 20317
COSPAR: 1989-070C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: National Space Development Adminstration
Platform (bus): Star 27
Mass at launch: 400 kg
Dry mass: 62 kg
Length: 1.2 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.2 m
Shape: Cyl + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S20317, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1989-09-05
Rocket: H-1 6R
Flight: GMS 4
Mission name: GMS 4
Launch site: TNSC, N
Launched by: National Space Development Adminstration
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1989-070

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1989-070, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 1989-09-05
Period: 1458.1 min
Inclination: 12.47°
Apogee: 37,232 km
Perigee: 35,199 km
Radar cross-section: 0.3162 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: HIMAWARI-4 (GMS-4) (NORAD 20217)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit