Key statistics
Satellite TANSEI 3 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17829
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 10.8
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
65.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TANSEI 3 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: TANSEI 3 DEB
International designator: 1977-012K
Object number (NORAD): 14512
Object ID (CCSDS): 14512
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 133.723 minutes
Inclination: 65.7491 deg
SMA: 8662.274 km
Apoapsis: 3776.755 km
Periapsis: 791.523 km
RAAN: 328.629 deg
Eccentricy: 0.17231226
Argument of periapsis: 309.5052 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.545 deg
Mean motion: 10.76849137 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000034 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019697154 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 10:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TANSEI 3 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14512U 77012K 25343.93153346 .00000034 00000-0 19697-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 14512 65.7491 328.6290 1723123 309.5052 36.5450 10.76849137 79533
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TANSEI 3 DEB.
Associated space launch
Japanese satellite used to test the new Mu-3H launch vehicle, experiment magnetic stabilization and ovserve UV radiation
TANSEI 3 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Mu-3H | Tansei-3’, on board a Mu-3H space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 19, 1977, 5:15 a.m. from Mu Center.
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Mu-3H | Tansei-3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 19, 1977, 5:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Mu-3H
Launch pad: Mu Center
Location: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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