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JAS 1 (FUJI 1), 16909

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JAS 1 (FUJI 1), 16909 is a payload satellite owned by JARL (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

16909, 1986-061B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Japanese Amateur Radio League (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

JARL

Mission

Non-operational Amateur Communications

Bus & Motor

JAS, Unknown motor

Mass

50 kg wet, 50 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

Poly, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.248 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 JAS 1 (FUJI 1)
1 16909U 86061B   25116.93964896 -.00000082  00000-0  10818-3 0  9997
2 16909  50.0178 353.0762 0011097 181.5567 191.8935 12.44482941760261

Epoch: 2025-04-26T22:33Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-26T22:33:05.67Z)

Latitude

10.23837°

Longitude

168.29614°

Altitude

1,495.945 km

Speed

7.114 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 06m 58s

True Declination

10° 11' 02"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.33475°

Longitude

-26.08486°

Altitude

1,479.065 km

Speed

7.129 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 47m 42s

Apparent Declination

-15° 23' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:12:49

Azimuth

340.29° N

Elevation

-64.322°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,497.059 km

Perigee altitude

1,479.6 km

Semi-major axis

7,866.466 km

Eccentricity

0.0011097

Inclination

50.0178°

RAAN

353.0762°

Arg. of periapsis

181.5567°

True anomaly

191.86733°

Mean anomaly

191.8935°

Eccentric anomaly

191.88041°

Mean motion

3.11081 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010818

Orbital period

115.73 mins

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

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H-1 R/B(MABES), 16910

JAS 1 (FUJI 1) 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	2025-04-27 15:56:55.662Z	143.984° SSE	2025-04-27 16:00:55.662Z	116.695° SE	13.397°	2025-04-27 16:03:55.662Z	96.331° ESE
15 mins	2025-04-27 17:53:55.662Z	208.116° SW	2025-04-27 18:00:55.662Z	134.065° SE	40.371°	2025-04-27 18:08:55.662Z	61.515° ENE
16 mins	2025-04-27 19:54:55.662Z	259.289° W	2025-04-27 20:02:55.662Z	340.715° N	41.01°	2025-04-27 20:10:55.662Z	55.211° ENE
15 mins	2025-04-27 21:58:55.662Z	295.338° NW	2025-04-27 22:05:55.662Z	359.228° N	35.07°	2025-04-27 22:13:55.662Z	70.994° E
16 mins	2025-04-28 00:01:55.662Z	306.596° NW	2025-04-28 00:08:55.662Z	14.818° NNE	42.576°	2025-04-28 00:17:55.662Z	108.961° ESE
15 mins	2025-04-28 02:03:55.662Z	293.382° NW	2025-04-28 02:10:55.662Z	226.43° WSW	36.688°	2025-04-28 02:18:55.662Z	157.54° S

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