Key statistics
Satellite ADEOS at a glance.
Uptime
10549
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ADEOS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ADEOS
International designator: 1996-046A
Object number (NORAD): 24277
Object ID (CCSDS): 24277
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.681 minutes
Inclination: 98.8507 deg
SMA: 7169.006 km
Apoapsis: 792.45 km
Periapsis: 789.291 km
RAAN: 230.2543 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002203
Argument of periapsis: 67.6836 deg
Mean anomaly: 292.4579 deg
Mean motion: 14.30257931 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000074 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046153 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 8:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ADEOS
TLE line 1: 1 24277U 96046A 25185.84401452 .00000074 00000-0 46153-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 24277 98.8507 230.2543 0002203 67.6836 292.4579 14.30257931506232
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ADEOS.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ADEOS.
Associated space launch
Primary applications of ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observation Satellite), which has been renamed Midori after reaching orbit, include monitoring global environmental changes such as maritime meteorological conditions, atmospheric ozone, and gases that promote global warming. ADEOS was also expected to play a vital role in developing more sophisticated inter-orbit communications and platform technology for the satellite of tomorrow. ADEOS was launched by H-2 Launch Vehicle No.4 on August 1996 and provided a large volume of data containing valuable information about our environment atmosphere, ocean and land for about 10 months until it suddenly got out of control on 30 June 1997 because of the structural damage in its solar array paddle.
ADEOS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-II | Midori’, on board a H-II space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 17, 1996, 1:53 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-II | Midori
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 17, 1996, 1:53 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-II
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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