Key statistics
Satellite SPRITE-SAT (RISING) at a glance.
Uptime
6113
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SPRITE-SAT (RISING).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SPRITE-SAT (RISING)
International designator: 2009-002C
Object number (NORAD): 33494
Object ID (CCSDS): 33494
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.634 minutes
Inclination: 98.1648 deg
SMA: 7023.599 km
Apoapsis: 648.783 km
Periapsis: 642.144 km
RAAN: 189.9545 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00047263
Argument of periapsis: 62.4585 deg
Mean anomaly: 297.7103 deg
Mean motion: 14.74902167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001342 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020773107 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, 10:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SPRITE-SAT (RISING)
TLE line 1: 1 33494U 09002C 25291.94065403 .00001342 00000-0 20773-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33494 98.1648 189.9545 0004726 62.4585 297.7103 14.74902167898242
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SPRITE-SAT (RISING).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
SPRITE-SAT (RISING) 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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