Key statistics
Satellite INDEX at a glance.
Uptime
7202
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for INDEX.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: INDEX
International designator: 2005-031B
Object number (NORAD): 28810
Object ID (CCSDS): 28810
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.653 minutes
Inclination: 97.9854 deg
SMA: 6928.3 km
Apoapsis: 565.749 km
Periapsis: 534.582 km
RAAN: 234.6113 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022492
Argument of periapsis: 32.5029 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.7576 deg
Mean motion: 15.05437383 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004666 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032784 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 8:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 INDEX
TLE line 1: 1 28810U 05031B 25131.85202272 .00004666 00000-0 32784-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 28810 97.9854 234.6113 0022492 32.5029 327.7576 15.05437383 70501
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite INDEX.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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.
INDEX 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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