JAS 1 (FUJI 1)

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JAS 1 (FUJI 1) is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 16909

Int'l Code: 1986-061B

Perigee: 1,486.1 km

Apogee: 1,503.5 km

Inclination: 50.0 °

Period: 115.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7865 km

RCS: 0.2598 m² (medium)

Launch date: August 12, 1986
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

Uplink (MHz): 145.900-146.000
Downlink (MHz): 435.900-435.800
Beacon (MHz): 435.795
Mode: SSB CW
Call sign:
Status: Inactive

Uplink (MHz): 145.85/87/89/91
Downlink (MHz): 435.910
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 1200bps JAS
Call sign: 8J1JAS
Status: Inactive

JAS-1 (Japan Amateur Satellite-1) was launched by a two-stage H-I launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan. The national name of the satellite was Fuji. Its mission was to provide analog and digital international satellite communications for radio amateurs, to study satellite tracking and control techniques, and to confirm the on orbit functions of the on board transponder developed by the amateur radio transpose group.

1 16909U 86061B   23150.45182750 -.00000084  00000-0  94967-4 0  9991
2 16909  50.0168 337.4181 0011079 207.0697 160.4758 12.44475385673418

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC