ETS-7 Target
Class: Technology. Nation: Japan. Agency: National Space Development Agency, Japan. Manufacturer: Toshiba.

Attached to Hikoboshi. Docking target for ETS-7.

Typical orbit: 402 km circular orbit, 34.5 deg inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: H-2.

ETS-7 Target Chronology
  • 1997 November 27 - Orihime - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Perigee: 346 km (214 mi). Apogee: 458 km (284 mi). Inclination: 34.50 deg. Period: 92.60 min.

    Attached to Hikoboshi. It would later separate and serve as a passive docking target for the Hikobishi active automatic docking technology spacecraft.

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters, .
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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