Latitude
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GOSAT
NORAD 43672 · COSPAR 2018-084B · ACTIVE
Orbit: #43324 @ 615 x 617 km x 97.8905 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-27 21:38 UTC · 18.7 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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GOSAT 2 (IBUKI 1)
1 43672U 18084B 26300.90194433 .00000959 00000-0 12100-3 0 09997
2 43672 97.8905 50.8494 0001449 94.2479 265.8901 14.84226590433243
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43672U 18084B 26300.90194433 .00000959 00000-0 12100-3 0 09997
2 43672 97.8905 50.8494 0001449 94.2479 265.8901 14.84226590433243
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
October 29th 2018
Spacecraft age
7 years, 11 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
JAXA, Ministry of Environment, National Institute of Environmental Studies
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Tanegashima Space Center
Launch vehicle
H2A
Contractor
Mitsubishi Electric
Launch mass
1,800 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.8905°
Period
97.02 min
Perigee
615 km
Apogee
617 km
Eccentricity
0.0001449
RAAN
50.8494°
Arg of Perigee
94.2479°
Mean Motion
14.8422659 rev/d