In orbitRocket body

HIMAWARI 1 AKM

NORAD: 59985
COSPAR: 1977-065GQ

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: National Space Development Adminstration
Platform (bus): Star 27
Mass at launch: 384 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 24 kg
Length: 1.2 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.2 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S59985, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-07-14
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: GMS
Mission name: GMS
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-065

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-065, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: JPN
Launch date: 1977-07-14
Period: 1424.0 min
Inclination: 3.85°
Apogee: 36,703 km
Perigee: 34,395 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: HIMAWARI-1 (GMS-1) (NORAD 10143)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris180 in total, 49 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 2 still in orbit