SOCRATES

NORAD 39768 · COSPAR 2014-029C · ACTIVE

Orbit: #67204 @ 578 x 586 km x 97.9185 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-13 05:43 UTC Â· 19.4 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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SOCRATES
1 39768U 14029C 26286.23835472 .00001472 00000-0 13959-3 0 09991
2 39768 97.9185 40.7066 0005084 317.0301 43.0522 14.95132644672043

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 24th 2014

Spacecraft age

12 years, 4 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JPN)

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· 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 elements

Inclination

97.9185Â°

Period

96.31 min

Perigee

578 km

Apogee

586 km

Eccentricity

0.0005084

RAAN

40.7066Â°

Arg of Perigee

317.0301Â°

Mean Motion

14.95132644 rev/d