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Michibiki

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Orbit: GEOLaunched 9/11/2010
Technical Specifications
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Dry Mass
1802 kg
Total Mass
4020 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Manufacturer

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Launch Mission

QZSS

9/11/2010

Entity Mentions
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JAXA TODAY No.04 was published in August 2011 and included features on JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, the H-II Transfer Vehicle, MICHIBIKI, JAXA's response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Akatsuki aiming for a second attempt at orbital insertion around Venus in 2015.

Mentioned as: MICHIBIKISourceFeb 4, 2026

JAXA TODAY No.05 was published in February 2012 and included an interview with Keizo Nakagawa, coverage of Asteroid Itokawa returning to the cover of Science, material on the Space Shuttle Program, Earth observation, MICHIBIKI as Japan's first positioning satellite, and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

Mentioned as: MICHIBIKISourceFeb 4, 2026