GOSAT (IBUKI)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite GOSAT (IBUKI) at a glance.

Uptime

6009

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: 98.0656 deg

SMA: 7047.037 km

Apoapsis: 670.199 km

Periapsis: 667.605 km

RAAN: 298.8004 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0001841

Argument of periapsis: 84.6862 deg

Mean anomaly: 275.4552 deg

Mean motion: 14.67550072 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000061 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000019267 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:46 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 GOSAT (IBUKI)

TLE line 1: 1 33492U 09002A 25187.86534663 .00000061 00000-0 19267-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 33492 98.0656 298.8004 0001841 84.6862 275.4552 14.67550072881279

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite GOSAT (IBUKI).

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space H-IIA 202 | GOSAT
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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