Key statistics
Satellite KKS-1 (KISEKI) at a glance.
Uptime
6066
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for KKS-1 (KISEKI).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: KKS-1 (KISEKI)
International designator: 2009-002H
Object number (NORAD): 33499
Object ID (CCSDS): 33499
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.175 minutes
Inclination: 98.1125 deg
SMA: 7001.594 km
Apoapsis: 629.792 km
Periapsis: 617.125 km
RAAN: 158.0641 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00090463
Argument of periapsis: 136.3711 deg
Mean anomaly: 223.8218 deg
Mean motion: 14.8186084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00041553622 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 8:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 KKS-1 (KISEKI)
TLE line 1: 1 33499U 09002H 25244.86783665 .00003233 00000-0 41554-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33499 98.1125 158.0641 0009046 136.3711 223.8218 14.81860840893479
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite KKS-1 (KISEKI).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
KKS-1 (KISEKI) 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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