In orbitRocket body

H-2A R/B

NORAD: 38341
COSPAR: 2012-025E

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Spacecraft

Built by: MHI Aerospace Systems, Tobishima Plant
Owner: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Launch Services)
Platform (bus): H-2A Stage 2
Mass at launch: 4,000 kg
Dry mass: 4,000 kg
Length: 9.2 m
Diameter: 4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 9.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S38341, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2012-05-17
Rocket: H-IIA 202 1
Flight: GCOM-W1/KOMPSAT-3
Mission name: GCOM-W1
Launch site: TNSC, Y
Launched by: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Launch Services)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2012-025

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2012-025, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 2012-05-17
Period: 96.2 min
Inclination: 98.50°
Apogee: 608 km
Perigee: 549 km
Radar cross-section: 17.152 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 44

Everything from this launch

Debris42 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload4 in total, 4 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit