Key statistics
Satellite SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1) at a glance.
Uptime
6008
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 SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1)
International designator: 2009-002E
Object number (NORAD): 33496
Object ID (CCSDS): 33496
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.662 minutes
Inclination: 98.1666 deg
SMA: 7024.943 km
Apoapsis: 651.699 km
Periapsis: 641.916 km
RAAN: 83.7714 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006963
Argument of periapsis: 52.1662 deg
Mean anomaly: 308.0175 deg
Mean motion: 14.74478982 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000408 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00006926 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 7:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1)
TLE line 1: 1 33496U 09002E 25186.31365594 .00000408 00000-0 69260-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33496 98.1666 83.7714 0006963 52.1662 308.0175 14.74478982882869
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1).
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1).
Associated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1) 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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