Key statistics
Satellite GCOM-C at a glance.
Uptime
2694
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GCOM-C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GCOM-C
International designator: 2017-082A
Object number (NORAD): 43065
Object ID (CCSDS): 43065
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.894 minutes
Inclination: 98.6678 deg
SMA: 7179.094 km
Apoapsis: 801.579 km
Periapsis: 800.34 km
RAAN: 201.7216 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000863
Argument of periapsis: 90.9359 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.192 deg
Mean motion: 14.27244141 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000201 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010011 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 5:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GCOM-C
TLE line 1: 1 43065U 17082A 25128.71933801 .00000201 00000-0 10011-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 43065 98.6678 201.7216 0000863 90.9359 269.1920 14.27244141384245
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Real-time ground track for satellite GCOM-C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
GCOM-C1 is another satellite in JAXA's Earth observation Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) constellation. This spacecraft is the first satellite in GCOM-C series and is intended to operate in sun-synchronous orbit for 5 years. It aims to collect surface and atmospheric measurements in order to monitor global climate change. Along with it is launched an engineering test satellite SLATS (Super Low Altitude Test Satellite), which is an attempt to develop techniques to operate a satellite in extremely low orbits. SLATS will try achieve that by maintaining position in orbit via ion engines. It will also collect data on atmosphere density and measure atomic oxygen in such low altitudes.
GCOM-C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-IIA 202 | GCOM-C1 & SLATS’, on board a H-IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 23, 2017, 1:26 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-IIA 202 | GCOM-C1 & SLATS
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 23, 2017, 1:26 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-IIA
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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