SOCRATES

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SOCRATES is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39768

Int'l Code: 2014-029C

Perigee: 604.5 km

Apogee: 615.5 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6980 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 24, 2014
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

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SOCRATES (Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite) is a microsatellite developed by NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. The mission is to demonstrate and validate the operation of SOTA (Small Optical Transponder), a laser communication system in space for microsatellites and eventually in nanosatellites.

1 39768U 14029C   24110.26124976  .00005141  00000-0  55985-3 0  9990
2 39768  97.8702 212.0160 0007847  75.9371 284.2718 14.88424607536761

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC