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HOKUSHIN1, 69648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HOKUSHIN1, 69648 is a payload satellite owned by Tohoku (CIS) in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. 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

69648, 1998-067YH

Orbit

LEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Tohoku University (JP)

Manufacturer

Tohoku

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

4 kg wet, 4 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 day ago

TLE from 1 day ago

0 HOKUSHIN1
1 69648U 98067YH  26185.08044265  .00029008  00000-0  50386-3 0  9998
2 69648  51.6310 216.3759 0006100 288.4008  71.6318 15.50571393  2277

Epoch: 2026-07-04T01:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-04T01:55:50.244Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-94.68272°

Altitude

414.494 km

Speed

7.664 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 25m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

14:49:28

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

419.71 km

Perigee altitude

411.422 km

Semi-major axis

6,793.703 km

Eccentricity

0.00061

Inclination

51.631°

RAAN

216.3759°

Arg. of periapsis

288.4008°

True anomaly

71.69816°

Mean anomaly

71.6318°

Eccentric anomaly

71.66498°

Mean motion

3.876 °/min

Orbital period

92.88 mins

BSTAR

0.00050386

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

OPTIMAL-1, 55183 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 62376 (Decayed)

OBJECT WQ, 59597 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 44303 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 26951 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 27521 (Decayed)

ILLUMA-T, 60181 (Decayed)

HSU-SAT1, 53462 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 32286 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 59507 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1-9, 39525 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (TOWELS), 56563 (Decayed)

VCC A, 44428 (Decayed)

RWASAT-1, 44790 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2E 10, 41572 (Decayed)

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HOKUSHIN1 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.
6 mins	2026-07-05 04:23:25.955Z	209.676° SW	2026-07-05 04:26:25.955Z	141.878° SSE	34.393°	2026-07-05 04:29:25.955Z	65.833° ENE
4 mins	2026-07-05 10:54:25.955Z	326.022° NNW	2026-07-05 10:56:25.955Z	62.447° ENE	37.579°	2026-07-05 10:58:25.955Z	108.366° ESE

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HOKUSHIN1, 69648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-04T01:55:50.244Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

HOKUSHIN1 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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