Key statistics
Satellite GOSAT (IBUKI) at a glance.
Uptime
6113
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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 GOSAT (IBUKI).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GOSAT (IBUKI)
International designator: 2009-002A
Object number (NORAD): 33492
Object ID (CCSDS): 33492
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.123 minutes
Inclination: 98.074 deg
SMA: 7047.045 km
Apoapsis: 670.006 km
Periapsis: 667.813 km
RAAN: 41.2196 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00015557
Argument of periapsis: 93.5966 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.5417 deg
Mean motion: 14.67547741 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001588 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028838287 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GOSAT (IBUKI)
TLE line 1: 1 33492U 09002A 25291.84243282 .00001588 00000-0 28838-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33492 98.0740 41.2196 0001556 93.5966 266.5417 14.67547741896065
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GOSAT (IBUKI).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
GOSAT (IBUKI) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-IIA 202 | GOSAT’, on board a H-IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 23, 2009, 3:54 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-IIA 202 | GOSAT
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 23, 2009, 3:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-IIA
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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