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JAS-2 (FO-29)

NORAD 24278 · 1996-046B

PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN

§ Identity

Operator
Country
JPN
Launch date
1996-08-17
Launch site
TANSC
Launch vehicle
Mass (kg)
RCS (m²)
0.24

Purposes: comms

External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter

§ Orbital elements

Epoch: 2026-05-25T02:17:12.146208Z

Period
106.41 min
Inclination
98.5264°
Eccentricity
0.0350287
Mean motion
13.53273136 rev/d
Perigee alt
799.7 km
Apogee alt
1,320.8 km
Semi-major
7,438.4 km
B*
2.3951e-5
RAAN
357.1281°
Arg perigee
156.2219°
Mean anomaly
205.5556°
Rev number
47,004

§ Raw data

JAS-2 (FO-29)1 24278U 96046B   26145.09527947 -.00000010  00000+0  23951-4 0  99942 24278  98.5264 357.1281 0350287 156.2219 205.5556 13.53273136470044

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/24278 · /tle

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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB

ModeDescriptionDownlinkUplink
CW Mode U CW Beacon 435.795 MHz
FM Mode U Digitalker 435.910 MHz
USB Mode V/U Linear Transponder 435.800 MHz–435.900 MHz 145.900 MHz–146.000 MHz

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