Satellite · NORAD 43679 · COSPAR 2018-084J
STARS-AO
- Operator Japan
- Constellation —
- Country Japan
Altitude now
517.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.61km/s
Inclination
98.04°
Period
94.9 min
94.9 min
Perigee
511km
Apogee
513km
orbit freshOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC (6.9 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
- 41.635° N
- Longitude
- 4.864° W
- Altitude
- 517.8 km
- Velocity
- 7.609 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- JPN · Japan
- Country
- Japan JP
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 29 Oct 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-084
- Launch site
- Tanegashima Space Center
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- H-2A DEB43673DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB43674DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB43675DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB44051DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB44052DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB44053DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB44054DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB44620DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB46181DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB46182DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB46183DebrisDecayed
- H-2A DEB46184DebrisDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → JP | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → JPN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
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
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 43679
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-084J
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RYE
- Canonical slug
- stars-ao-43679
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.