Key statistics
Satellite OICETS at a glance.
Uptime
7370
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: 94.669 minutes
Inclination: 98.0904 deg
SMA: 6880.687 km
Apoapsis: 517.623 km
Periapsis: 487.481 km
RAAN: 172.4678 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00219029
Argument of periapsis: 101.285 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.0846 deg
Mean motion: 15.21090584 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006127 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027739663 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 9:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OICETS
TLE line 1: 1 28809U 05031A 25299.90777516 .00006127 00000-0 27740-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 28809 98.0904 172.4678 0021903 101.2850 259.0846 15.21090584103100
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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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