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EGS (AJISAI), 16908

Orbit data source: Space-Track

EGS (AJISAI), 16908 is a payload satellite owned by NASDA (JP) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 12 Aug 1986 UTC via an H-1 launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

16908, 1986-061A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

Kawasaki

Mission

Operational Civil Geodetic

Bus & Motor

EGP, Unknown motor

Mass

685 kg wet, 685 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1986-08-12 (39 years ago)

Launch vehicle

H-1

Launch site

Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 2.15 m

Radar Cross Section

3.631 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 EGS (AJISAI)
1 16908U 86061A   25131.94507454 -.00000094  00000-0  24298-4 0  9998
2 16908  50.0099 301.2024 0011168 238.3273 296.4406 12.44511879430422

Epoch: 2025-05-11T22:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-11T22:40:54.44Z)

Latitude

4.05189°

Longitude

-92.37939°

Altitude

1,483.683 km

Speed

7.125 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 51m 15s

True Declination

4° 01' 48"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-49.16379°

Longitude

15.23045°

Altitude

1,497.625 km

Speed

7.119 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 45m 13s

Apparent Declination

-77° 40' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:21:58

Azimuth

163.902° S

Elevation

-40.05°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,496.994 km

Perigee altitude

1,479.423 km

Semi-major axis

7,866.346 km

Eccentricity

0.0011168

Inclination

50.0099°

RAAN

301.2024°

Arg. of periapsis

238.3273°

True anomaly

296.32594°

Mean anomaly

296.4406°

Eccentric anomaly

296.38328°

Mean motion

3.11088 °/min

BSTAR

0.000024298

Orbital period

115.72 mins

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 1986 (1986-08-12 UTC)

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EGS (AJISAI) Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
16 mins	2025-05-12 13:17:33.017Z	203.756° SW	2025-05-12 13:24:33.017Z	142.448° SSE	38.036°	2025-05-12 13:33:33.017Z	61.92° ENE
16 mins	2025-05-12 15:19:33.017Z	256.171° W	2025-05-12 15:26:33.017Z	328.782° NNW	42.098°	2025-05-12 15:35:33.017Z	55.97° ENE
16 mins	2025-05-12 17:22:33.017Z	292.008° WNW	2025-05-12 17:29:33.017Z	352.815° N	35.011°	2025-05-12 17:38:33.017Z	70.511° E
16 mins	2025-05-12 19:25:33.017Z	305.937° NW	2025-05-12 19:33:33.017Z	34.914° NE	41.552°	2025-05-12 19:41:33.017Z	104.088° ESE
16 mins	2025-05-12 21:27:33.017Z	296.449° NW	2025-05-12 21:34:33.017Z	236.264° WSW	38.936°	2025-05-12 21:43:33.017Z	151.568° SSE
4 mins	2025-05-12 23:33:33.017Z	253.046° W	2025-05-12 23:35:33.017Z	239.42° WSW	11.823°	2025-05-12 23:37:33.017Z	225.978° WSW

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