Key statistics
Satellite OICETS at a glance.
Uptime
7259
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: 94.757 minutes
Inclination: 98.1112 deg
SMA: 6884.961 km
Apoapsis: 522.216 km
Periapsis: 491.436 km
RAAN: 53.2279 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022353
Argument of periapsis: 122.1575 deg
Mean anomaly: 238.183 deg
Mean motion: 15.19674459 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005102 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024131 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OICETS
TLE line 1: 1 28809U 05031A 25188.87459715 .00005102 00000-0 24131-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 28809 98.1112 53.2279 0022353 122.1575 238.1830 15.19674459 86243
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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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