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LUCAS (JDRS-1), 47202

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LUCAS (JDRS-1), 47202 is a payload satellite owned by CSICE (JP) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 29 Nov 2020 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

47202, 2020-089A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

MELCO

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DRTS, BT-4 LAPS

Mass

~3,800 kg wet, 1,300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-11-29 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

H-IIA 202

Launch site

Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

17.566 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 LUCAS (JDRS-1)
1 47202U 20089A   25214.06509201 -.00000226  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 47202   0.0194  89.3162 0002125  25.1938 310.5794  1.00269393 17200

Epoch: 2025-08-02T01:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-02T01:33:43.949Z)

Latitude

-0.01124°

Longitude

90.73751°

Altitude

35,780.918 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 20m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 40"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.03698°

Longitude

-166.81827°

Altitude

35,781.351 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 03m 31s

Apparent Declination

-4° 55' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:06:31

Azimuth

336.109° NNW

Elevation

-52.727°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.296 km

Perigee altitude

35,779.376 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.473 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

0.0194°

RAAN

89.3162°

Arg. of periapsis

25.1938°

True anomaly

310.5609°

Mean anomaly

310.5794°

Eccentric anomaly

310.57015°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.18 mins

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