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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

BOX, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 HOKUSHIN1
1 69648U 98067YH  26231.26127818  .00030904  00000-0  49943-3 0  9990
2 69648  51.6330 347.0097 0005844  78.3908 281.7738 15.52564357  9445

Epoch: 2026-08-19T06:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-19T06:16:14.434Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-74.66773°

Altitude

409.176 km

Speed

7.667 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 08m 02s

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

04:09:36

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

413.718 km

Perigee altitude

405.785 km

Semi-major axis

6,787.889 km

Eccentricity

0.00058

Inclination

51.633°

RAAN

347.0097°

Arg. of periapsis

78.3908°

True anomaly

281.70823°

Mean anomaly

281.7738°

Eccentric anomaly

281.74102°

Mean motion

3.88098 °/min

Orbital period

92.76 mins

BSTAR

0.00049943

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

CAPSAT 1, 53770 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2B 3, 40952 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (SPX-28 IPA FSE), 57212 (Decayed)

ATLANTIS, 42737 (Decayed)

ILLUMA-T, 60181 (Decayed)

LIGHTCUBE, 56314 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1-16, 39532 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 28409 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (TOOL BAG), 33442 (Decayed)

GASPACS, 51439 (Decayed)

DELLINGR (RBLE), 43021 (Decayed)

ALPHA CUBESAT, 66908 (Decayed)

OBJECT XL, 65732 (Decayed)

WASEDA-SAT3, 41933 (Decayed)

KNACKSAT-2, 67683

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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.
4 mins	2026-08-19 17:36:27.635Z	290.058° WNW	2026-08-19 17:37:27.635Z	257.711° W	39.118°	2026-08-19 17:40:27.635Z	141.949° SSE
4 mins	2026-08-20 10:16:27.635Z	209.599° SW	2026-08-20 10:18:27.635Z	99.78° ESE	38.074°	2026-08-20 10:20:27.635Z	62.216° ENE

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HOKUSHIN1, 69648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-19T06:16:14.434Z)

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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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