In orbitRocket body

HIMAWARI-5 AKM

NORAD: 23524
COSPAR: 1995-011D

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: National Space Development Adminstration
Platform (bus): Star 27
Mass at launch: 401 kg
Dry mass: 62 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
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 S23524, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1995-03-18
Rocket: H-II (2S)
Flight: SFU/GMS-5
Mission name: SFU
Launch site: TNSC, Y
Launched by: National Space Development Adminstration
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1995-011

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1995-011, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 1995-03-18
Period: 1422.2 min
Inclination: 13.56°
Apogee: 36,422 km
Perigee: 34,606 km
Radar cross-section: 0.5011 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: HIMAWARI-5 (GMS-5) (NORAD 23522)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris5 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 2 still in orbit