Payload
SOCRATES
OperationalPayloadLEO
SOCRATES is a National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JPN) payload satellite, launched on May 24, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 24, 2014 at 03:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- ALOS-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 587 km
- Periapsis
- 579 km
- Inclination
- 97.91°
- Orbital period
- 96.34 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JPN)
- Manufacturer
- Advanced Engineering Services Company, Ltd.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 50 kg
- Power
- 100 W
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-029C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39768
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 0.332 m²
- Status
- Operational