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SOCRATES is classified as:


NORAD ID: 39768
Int'l Code: 2014-029C
Perigee: 591.7 km
Apogee: 600.8 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
Period: 96.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 6967 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.
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Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39768U 14029C   25199.73738620  .00001333  00000-0  13435-3 0  9990
2 39768  97.8885 306.5680 0006551  18.9107 341.2354 14.92829679604628
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC