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Satellite · NORAD 69648 · COSPAR 1998-067YH

HOKUSHIN-1

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Japan
  • Constellation —
  • Country Japan

Altitude now

410.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.67km/s

Inclination

51.63°

Period

92.7 min

92.7 min

Perigee

402km

Apogee

410km

orbit agingOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 00:56 UTC (20.4 h old)· Metadata updated 13 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

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Latitude
50.438° N
Longitude
9.323° W
Altitude
410.7 km
Velocity
7.671 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 00:56 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • HOKUSHIN-1Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
JPN · Japan
Country
Japan JP

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
20 Nov 1998
COSPAR launch id
1998-067
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 1998-067 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → JPCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → JPNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 11 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 13 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
69648
COSPAR / international designator
1998-067YH
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SZSV7Y7WTWRTJ7ANR5V
Canonical slug
hokushin-1-69648

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.