In orbitPayload

RITE TARGET 2

NORAD: 28455
COSPAR: 2002-056G

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Spacecraft

Built by: NASDA Micro Space System Lab
Owner: National Space Development Adminstration
Diameter: 0.1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.1 m
Shape: Disk + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28455, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2002-12-14
Rocket: H-IIA 202
Flight: ADEOS-2
Mission name: ADEOS-2
Launch site: TNSC, Y
Launched by: National Space Development Adminstration
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2002-056

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2002-056, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Payload
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 2002-12-14
Period: 100.2 min
Inclination: 98.77°
Apogee: 774 km
Perigee: 760 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0152 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: MICRO LABSAT (NORAD 27600)

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

Everything from this launch

Payload6 in total, 6 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit