ADRAS-J

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10-day predictions

NORAD ID: 58992

Int'l Code: 2024-034A

Perigee: 564.2 km

Apogee: 624.5 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 96.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6965 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 18, 2024
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)

ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal By Astroscale - Japan) is a Japanese satellite aimed to demonstrate proximity operations and obtain images of a rocket body, delivering observational data to better understand the debris environment. ADRAS-J is designed to rendezvous with an unprepared Japanese H-2A upper stage rocket body (approximately 11 meters long, 4 meters in diameter, and weighing approximately 3 tons), demonstrate proximity operations, and gather images to assess the rocket body’s movement and condition of the structure.

1 58992U 24034A   24117.46360431  .00007591  00000-0  71477-3 0  9999
2 58992  98.2094  88.1756 0043244 216.9902 142.8333 14.93442104 10140

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC