QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4) is a payload in MEO orbit, operated by Cabinet Space Strategy Office / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched 2017.
| Orbit class | MEO |
| Inclination | 40.0978° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747190 |
| Period | 1435.8 min |
| Apogee | 38,931 km |
| Perigee | 32,631 km |
| Mean motion | 1.00293100 rev/day |
| RAAN | 343.2382° |
| Arg of perigee | 268.3770° |
| Mean anomaly | 80.3868° |
| B* | 0.0000e+0 |
| Rev at epoch | 3,199 |
1 42965U 17062A 26187.74633404 -.00000307 00000-0 00000-0 0 99982 42965 40.0978 343.2382 0747190 268.3770 80.3868 1.00293100 31993{
"OBJECT_NAME": "QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2017-062A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T17:54:43.261+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.002931,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.074719,
"INCLINATION": 40.0978,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 343.2382,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 268.377,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 80.3868,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 42965,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 3199,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000307,
"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-4 (MICHIBIKI-4) |
| Operator | Cabinet Space Strategy Office / Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 4020 |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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