Key statistics
Satellite WEOS at a glance.
Uptime
8178
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for WEOS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: WEOS
International designator: 2002-056C
Object number (NORAD): 27599
Object ID (CCSDS): 27599
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.656 minutes
Inclination: 98.761 deg
SMA: 7167.793 km
Apoapsis: 797.398 km
Periapsis: 781.917 km
RAAN: 83.3008 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010799
Argument of periapsis: 69.7042 deg
Mean anomaly: 290.53 deg
Mean motion: 14.30621045 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000317 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013866 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 9 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 WEOS
TLE line 1: 1 27599U 02056C 25124.87523052 .00000317 00000-0 13866-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 27599 98.7610 83.3008 0010799 69.7042 290.5300 14.30621045167965
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite WEOS.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object WEOS.
Associated space launch
Midori II has been engaged in various observation missions to understand the realities and causes of global environmental changes, such as abnormal weather conditions and the expansion of the ozone hole.
WEOS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-IIA 202 | Midori-2’, on board a H-IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 14, 2002, 1:31 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-IIA 202 | Midori-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 14, 2002, 1:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-IIA
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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