SDS-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SDS-1 at a glance.

Uptime

6169

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: 97.68 minutes

Inclination: 98.2086 deg

SMA: 7025.835 km

Apoapsis: 649.546 km

Periapsis: 645.855 km

RAAN: 239.6675 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00026271

Argument of periapsis: 127.681 deg

Mean anomaly: 232.4637 deg

Mean motion: 14.7419799 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001232 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00019455023 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:13 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SDS-1

TLE line 1: 1 33497U 09002F 25347.67628350 .00001232 00000-0 19455-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 33497 98.2086 239.6675 0002627 127.6810 232.4637 14.74197990906228

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SDS-1.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SDS-1.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-12-09 16:06:25 0.0001498419 580.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-08-21 16:49:35 0.0003972657 684.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-01-06 15:54:20 0.000700747 147.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-06-12 21:45:10 0.001810359 62.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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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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