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Class: Technology. Type: Rendezvous. 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.
ETS-7 Target Chronology - 1997 November 27 - Orihime - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. 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:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters,
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