Key statistics
Satellite SDS-1 at a glance.
Uptime
5950
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: 97.71 minutes
Inclination: 98.2342 deg
SMA: 7027.254 km
Apoapsis: 651.236 km
Periapsis: 647.001 km
RAAN: 16.6647 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003013
Argument of periapsis: 116.6361 deg
Mean anomaly: 243.5155 deg
Mean motion: 14.73751723 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016122 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 3:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SDS-1
TLE line 1: 1 33497U 09002F 25127.65683865 .00001001 00000-0 16122-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33497 98.2342 16.6647 0003013 116.6361 243.5155 14.73751723873819
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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