QZSS-1 (Michibiki)

Michibiki pioneered Japan's regional navigation augmentation architecture, using an inclined geosynchronous orbit to spend long periods high over Japan and improve urban positioning.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Navigation

TYPE

Navigation

COUNTRY

Japan

OPERATOR

JAXA / Cabinet Office of Japan

LAUNCH DATE

Sep 11, 2010

LAUNCH SITE

TANSC

ORBIT CLASS

GEO

ALTITUDE · KM

39,720

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

1,641.68

INCLINATION · DEG

44.23

APOGEE · KM

39,748

PERIGEE · KM

39,692

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