Key statistics
Satellite KKS-1 (KISEKI) at a glance.
Uptime
6113
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: 97.158 minutes
Inclination: 98.1129 deg
SMA: 7000.793 km
Apoapsis: 628.359 km
Periapsis: 616.957 km
RAAN: 205.6827 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00081434
Argument of periapsis: 3.7359 deg
Mean anomaly: 356.3913 deg
Mean motion: 14.8211507 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003462 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044181077 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 KKS-1 (KISEKI)
TLE line 1: 1 33499U 09002H 25291.86063107 .00003462 00000-0 44181-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33499 98.1129 205.6827 0008143 3.7359 356.3913 14.82115070900438
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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