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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: 2026-09-19T19:08:38.957568Z

Period
106.41 min
Inclination
98.5165°
Eccentricity
0.0349339
Mean motion
13.53278316 rev/d
Perigee alt
800.4 km
Apogee alt
1,320.1 km
Semi-major
7,438.4 km
B*
4.0673e-5
RAAN
98.6980°
Arg perigee
210.7684°
Mean anomaly
147.2558°
Rev number
48,596

§ Raw data

JAS-2 (FO-29)1 24278U 96046B   26262.79767312  .00000004  00000+0  40673-4 0  99952 24278  98.5165  98.6980 0349339 210.7684 147.2558 13.53278316485961

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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