Key statistics
Satellite OICETS at a glance.
Uptime
7418
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OICETS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OICETS
International designator: 2005-031A
Object number (NORAD): 28809
Object ID (CCSDS): 28809
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.623 minutes
Inclination: 98.0864 deg
SMA: 6878.483 km
Apoapsis: 513.329 km
Periapsis: 487.368 km
RAAN: 222.2038 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018871
Argument of periapsis: 306.309 deg
Mean anomaly: 53.6401 deg
Mean motion: 15.218215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000892 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039423415 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OICETS
TLE line 1: 1 28809U 05031A 25346.20838613 .00008920 00000-0 39423-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 28809 98.0864 222.2038 0018871 306.3090 53.6401 15.21821500110140
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Real-time ground track for satellite OICETS.
Associated space launch
The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS), also called Kirari, was an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means.
OICETS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | Kirari’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 23, 2005, 9:09 p.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | Kirari
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 23, 2005, 9:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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