Payload (satellite)
SEEDS II (CO-66)
SEEDS II (CO-66) is a satellite launched 2008-04-28 by Japan.
About
The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2 is a Japanese amateur CubeSat nanosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID32791
International designator2008-021J
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerJapan
Launch date2008-04-28
Launch siteSriharikota, India
Orbital period93.7 min
Inclination97.76°
Apogee457 km
Perigee453 km