Key statistics
Satellite QPS-SAR-15 at a glance.
Uptime
28
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
42.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for QPS-SAR-15.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: QPS-SAR-15
International designator: 2025-307A
Object number (NORAD): 67228
Object ID (CCSDS): 67228
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.167 minutes
Inclination: 42.0085 deg
SMA: 6953.105 km
Apoapsis: 580.309 km
Periapsis: 569.63 km
RAAN: 334.0448 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00076796
Argument of periapsis: 89.0597 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.1108 deg
Mean motion: 14.97388906 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004436 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039038194 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Jan. 17, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Jan. 17, 2026, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QPS-SAR-15
TLE line 1: 1 67228U 25307A 26017.58245610 .00004436 00000-0 39038-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 67228 42.0085 334.0448 0007680 89.0597 271.1108 14.97388906 4099
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite QPS-SAR-15.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for QPS-SAR-15, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
QPS-SAR-15 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 2025, 6:36 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
For more information about the launch, click the button.
Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 2025, 6:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Latest news about this satellite
Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year
Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company. The post Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year appeared first on SpaceNews.
Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, iQPS, plans to launch eight additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites through the end of 2026. Rocket Lab, the U.S. launch […] The post Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches appeare...
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