| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Hinode (Solar B) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Multinational |
| Operator/Owner | Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science/NASA |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Solar Physics |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 670 |
| Apogee (km) | 696 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00184318729618602 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 98.1 |
| Period (minutes) | 98.4 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 700 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 530 |
| Power (watts) | 1000 |
| Date of Launch | 22-10-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 3 yrs. |
| Contractor | Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/NASA |
| Country of Contractor | Japan/USA/UK/Germany |
| Launch Site | Uchinoura Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | JAXA M-V |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-041A |
| NORAD Number | 29479 |
| Comments | Solar observatory; telescope built by Smithsonian Observatory. |