SDS-4

NORAD 38339 · COSPAR 2012-025C · ACTIVE

Orbit: #77422 @ 638 x 646 km x 98.138 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-18 20:11 UTC Â· 23.8 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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SDS-4
1 38339U 12025C 26291.84148515 .00001201 00000-0 18214-3 0 09995
2 38339 98.1380 28.5816 0005494 259.9475 100.1114 14.75988046774222

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

98.138Â°

Period

97.56 min

Perigee

638 km

Apogee

646 km

Eccentricity

0.0005494

RAAN

28.5816Â°

Arg of Perigee

259.9475Â°

Mean Motion

14.75988046 rev/d