Geostationary
QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4)
Navigation Augmentation (QZSS) · JAXA / Cabinet Office Japan
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The fourth Michibiki satellite, completing Japan's initial quasi-zenith constellation. With four satellites, Japan achieved 24-hour continuous high-elevation coverage — ensuring that at any moment, Japanese users have a Michibiki satellite nearly overhead that can provide sub-centimeter positioning corrections. This enabled Japan to begin deploying centimeter-accurate autonomous agricultural machinery across its rice paddies, reducing labor requirements in Japan's aging farming sector.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 20,275–24,208 mi (32,630–38,958 km)
- Inclination
- 40.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42965
- Int’l designator
- 2017-062A
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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