SOCRATES

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SOCRATES is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39768

Int'l Code: 2014-029C

Perigee: 616.9 km

Apogee: 628.2 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6993 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   20021.52171636  .00000067  00000-0  14259-4 0  9993
2 39768  97.8646 120.5152 0008051 101.9274 258.2845 14.84412687306704

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC