Key statistics
Satellite OICETS at a glance.
Uptime
7202
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: 94.818 minutes
Inclination: 98.1176 deg
SMA: 6887.919 km
Apoapsis: 523.783 km
Periapsis: 495.785 km
RAAN: 351.7089 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020324
Argument of periapsis: 323.8408 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.1449 deg
Mean motion: 15.18695431 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010775 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052012 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 1:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OICETS
TLE line 1: 1 28809U 05031A 25131.57286846 .00010775 00000-0 52012-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 28809 98.1176 351.7089 0020324 323.8408 36.1449 15.18695431 77546
Live tracking on map
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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