QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) is a payload in GEO orbit, operated by Cabinet Space Strategy Office / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched 2017.
| Orbit class | GEO |
| Inclination | 0.0805° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001888 |
| Period | 1436.2 min |
| Apogee | 35,797 km |
| Perigee | 35,781 km |
| Mean motion | 1.00263910 rev/day |
| RAAN | 222.7686° |
| Arg of perigee | 245.8122° |
| Mean anomaly | 313.2924° |
| B* | 0.0000e+0 |
| Rev at epoch | 3,245 |
1 42917U 17048A 26188.02757977 -.00000334 00000-0 00000-0 0 99932 42917 0.0805 222.7686 0001888 245.8122 313.2924 1.00263910 32450{
"OBJECT_NAME": "QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2017-048A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T00:39:42.892+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.0026391,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001888,
"INCLINATION": 0.0805,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 222.7686,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 245.8122,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 313.2924,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 42917,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 3245,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000334,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) |
| Operator | Cabinet Space Strategy Office / Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 4700 |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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