Latitude
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SOCRATES
NORAD 39768 · COSPAR 2014-029C · ACTIVE
Orbit: #67512 @ 578 x 585 km x 97.9202 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-02 20:25 UTC · 9.9 h old
Orbit history
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Altitude —
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Next visible passes
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SOCRATES
1 39768U 14029C 26306.85076970 .00001047 00000-0 10076-3 0 09997
2 39768 97.9202 61.5216 0005058 231.4569 128.6198 14.95193955675120
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 39768U 14029C 26306.85076970 .00001047 00000-0 10076-3 0 09997
2 39768 97.9202 61.5216 0005058 231.4569 128.6198 14.95193955675120
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
May 24th 2014
Spacecraft age
12 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JPN)
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Tanegashima Space Center
Launch vehicle
H2A
Contractor
Advanced Engineering Services Company, Ltd.
Launch mass
48 kg
Power
100.00 W
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.9202°
Period
96.31 min
Perigee
578 km
Apogee
585 km
Eccentricity
0.0005058
RAAN
61.5216°
Arg of Perigee
231.4569°
Mean Motion
14.95193955 rev/d