JAS 2

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite JAS 2 at a glance.

Uptime

10549

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: 98.5728 deg

SMA: 7438.462 km

Apoapsis: 1319.814 km

Periapsis: 800.84 km

RAAN: 76.1925 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0348845

Argument of periapsis: 277.8321 deg

Mean anomaly: 78.3358 deg

Mean motion: 13.53250118 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000048 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.0000094472 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 JAS 2

TLE line 1: 1 24278U 96046B 25185.59392607 -.00000048 00000-0 -94472-5 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 24278 98.5728 76.1925 0348845 277.8321 78.3358 13.53250118426157

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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.

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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Launch to space H-II | Midori
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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