Key statistics
Satellite CHUBUSAT 3 at a glance.
Uptime
3368
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CHUBUSAT 3
International designator: 2016-012C
Object number (NORAD): 41339
Object ID (CCSDS): 41339
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.116 minutes
Inclination: 31.0055 deg
SMA: 6902.339 km
Apoapsis: 531.453 km
Periapsis: 516.954 km
RAAN: 91.1153 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010503
Argument of periapsis: 272.1919 deg
Mean anomaly: 87.7517 deg
Mean motion: 15.13938951 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005311 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028008 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, 10:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CHUBUSAT 3
TLE line 1: 1 41339U 16012C 25127.94795567 .00005311 00000-0 28008-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 41339 31.0055 91.1153 0010503 272.1919 87.7517 15.13938951506647
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CHUBUSAT 3.
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 3 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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