Key statistics
Satellite JAS 2 at a glance.
Uptime
10606
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for JAS 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: JAS 2
International designator: 1996-046B
Object number (NORAD): 24278
Object ID (CCSDS): 24278
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.41 minutes
Inclination: 98.562 deg
SMA: 7438.453 km
Apoapsis: 1321.139 km
Periapsis: 799.497 km
RAAN: 125.6574 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0350639
Argument of periapsis: 129.9736 deg
Mean anomaly: 233.2757 deg
Mean motion: 13.53252387 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000016 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000049652219 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 2:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 JAS 2
TLE line 1: 1 24278U 96046B 25242.59960713 .00000016 00000-0 49652-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 24278 98.5620 125.6574 0350639 129.9736 233.2757 13.53252387433860
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite JAS 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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.
JAS 2 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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