Key statistics
Satellite CHUBUSAT 2 at a glance.
Uptime
3430
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
31.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CHUBUSAT 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CHUBUSAT 2
International designator: 2016-012B
Object number (NORAD): 41338
Object ID (CCSDS): 41338
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.988 minutes
Inclination: 30.9999 deg
SMA: 6896.139 km
Apoapsis: 524.672 km
Periapsis: 511.336 km
RAAN: 46.0122 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009669
Argument of periapsis: 183.0255 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.0327 deg
Mean motion: 15.15981101 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003678 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018145 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CHUBUSAT 2
TLE line 1: 1 41338U 16012B 25189.89290222 .00003678 00000-0 18145-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41338 30.9999 46.0122 0009669 183.0255 177.0327 15.15981101516190
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CHUBUSAT 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Astro-H is the 6th satellite in a series of X-ray telescopes by JAXA and ISAS. Its 4 instruments on board will cover the X-ray and Gamma ray regions. This region consists of photons with energy ranging from 0.3-600keV, and the telescope will provide the highest resolution ever achieved of 3-10 keV bands. The craft weighs 2.7 tonnes and will be placed into a circular orbit 575km above the ground, with an inclination of 31 degrees.
CHUBUSAT 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-IIA 202 | Astro-H (Hitomi)’, on board a H-IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 17, 2016, 8:45 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-IIA 202 | Astro-H (Hitomi)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 17, 2016, 8:45 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-IIA
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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