Key statistics
Satellite SDS-1 at a glance.
Uptime
6009
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 SDS-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SDS-1
International designator: 2009-002F
Object number (NORAD): 33497
Object ID (CCSDS): 33497
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.704 minutes
Inclination: 98.2271 deg
SMA: 7026.984 km
Apoapsis: 649.7 km
Periapsis: 647.999 km
RAAN: 77.5575 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000121
Argument of periapsis: 351.4669 deg
Mean anomaly: 8.6518 deg
Mean motion: 14.73836394 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000483 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000081815 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, 4:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SDS-1
TLE line 1: 1 33497U 09002F 25187.67393934 .00000483 00000-0 81815-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33497 98.2271 77.5575 0001210 351.4669 8.6518 14.73836394882656
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SDS-1.
Associated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
SDS-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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