In orbitRocket body

H-2 R/B

NORAD: 22980
COSPAR: 1994-007C

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Spacecraft

Built by: MHI Aerospace Systems, Tobishima Plant
Owner: National Space Development Adminstration
Platform (bus): LE-5A
Mass at launch: 2,700 kg
Dry mass: 2,700 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 3,030 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 11 m
Diameter: 4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 11 m
Shape: Step Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S22980, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1994-02-03
Rocket: H-II
Flight: OREX
Mission name: OREX
Launch site: TNSC, Y
Launched by: National Space Development Adminstration
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1994-007

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1994-007, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 1994-02-03
Period: 461.0 min
Inclination: 28.52°
Apogee: 26,468 km
Perigee: 312 km
Radar cross-section: 23.97 m²

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

Where it came from

Everything from this launch

Payload2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit