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SPRITE-SAT (RISING), 33494

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPRITE-SAT (RISING), 33494 is a payload satellite owned by Tohoku (JP) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 UTC via an H-IIA 202 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

33494, 2009-002C

Orbit

SSO

Country

JP / JPN

Related business

Tohoku University (JP)

Manufacturer

Tohoku

Mission

Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

SPRITESAT, Unknown motor

Mass

20 kg wet, 20 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2009-01-23 (17 years ago)

Launch vehicle

H-IIA 202

Launch site

Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Ant, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.200 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 SPRITE-SAT (RISING)
1 33494U 09002C   26103.23687412  .00000372  00000-0  62740-4 0  9994
2 33494  98.1564   7.7406 0002951 186.5886 173.5285 14.75283034924239

Epoch: 2026-04-13T05:41Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-13T05:41:05.923Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

81.03555°

Altitude

649.32 km

Speed

7.532 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 30m 57s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

20:20:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

643.383 km

Perigee altitude

639.24 km

Semi-major axis

7,019.449 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

98.1564°

RAAN

7.7406°

Arg. of periapsis

186.5886°

True anomaly

173.53231°

Mean anomaly

173.5285°

Eccentric anomaly

173.53041°

Mean motion

3.69053 °/min

Orbital period

97.55 mins

BSTAR

0.00006274

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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2009 (2009-01-23 UTC)

H-2A DEB, 36316 (Decayed)

SDS-1, 33497

SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1), 33496

KAGAYAKI, 33495

H-2A DEB, 36311 (Decayed)

H-2A DEB, 34604 (Decayed)

KKS-1 (KISEKI), 33499

H-2A R/B, 33500

H-2A DEB, 36310 (Decayed)

H-2A DEB, 36313 (Decayed)

STARS (KUKAI), 33498

PRISM (HITOMI), 33493 (Decayed)

GOSAT (IBUKI), 33492

H-2A DEB, 36315 (Decayed)

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SPRITE-SAT (RISING) 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.
7 mins	2026-04-13 17:12:25.392Z	145.369° SSE	2026-04-13 17:16:25.392Z	52.684° ENE	37.024°	2026-04-13 17:19:25.392Z	1.315° NNE
6 mins	2026-04-14 06:41:25.392Z	2.416° NNE	2026-04-14 06:43:25.392Z	321.705° NNW	42.103°	2026-04-14 06:47:25.392Z	203.968° SW

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SPRITE-SAT (RISING), 33494

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-13T05:41:05.923Z)

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Orbital elements

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