SDS-4

NORAD 38339 · COSPAR 2012-025C · ACTIVE

Orbit: #77724 @ 637 x 647 km x 98.1392 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-08 07:32 UTC Â· 24.4 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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SDS-4
1 38339U 12025C 26312.31453808 .00001301 00000-0 19646-3 0 09996
2 38339 98.1392 49.1951 0006616 184.9542 175.1602 14.76015936777242

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 17th 2012

Spacecraft age

14 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Tanegashima Space Center

Launch vehicle

H2A

Contractor

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Launch mass

50 kg

Power

120.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.1392Â°

Period

97.56 min

Perigee

637 km

Apogee

647 km

Eccentricity

0.0006616

RAAN

49.1951Â°

Arg of Perigee

184.9542Â°

Mean Motion

14.76015936 rev/d