SLATS

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NORAD ID: 43066
Int'l Code: 2017-082B
Perigee: 398.0 km
Apogee: 403.6 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 92.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 6771 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: December 23, 2017
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

SLATS (Super-Low Altitude Test Satellite) is a small Japanese satellite designed to be a technology demonstration mission that will test the use an ion engine to allow the satellite to operate in a very low orbit without re-entering the atmosphere. The satellite will be renamed Tsubame – meaning Swallow – after deployment.

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1 43066U 17082B   18109.79613487  .00013069  00000-0  17648-3 0  9999
2 43066  98.3020 198.5440 0004124 101.0297  54.3807 15.57937791 18049

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC