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IGS RADAR-5

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IGS RADAR-5 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 42072
Int'l Code: 2017-015A
Perigee: 492.7 km
Apogee: 497.2 km
Inclination: 97.4 °
Period: 94.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 6865 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: March 17, 2017
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

IGS RADAR-5 (The Information Gathering Satellite) is Japan’s sixth radar reconnaissance satellite. Japan’s government surveillance observatories in orbit are part of a program run by the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, which reports directly to the Japanese government’s executive leadership. Japanese officials say data from the Information Gathering Satellites support civilian applications, such as responding to natural disasters. Japanese government officials have not disclosed the exact capabilities of the radar spy satellite, but the radar instrument aboard the surveillance orbiter can likely resolve objects on the ground as small as a meter, or around 3 feet, in size.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 42072U 17015A   25193.92767440 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    01
2 42072  97.3731 264.9256 0003254   6.4404 353.5595 15.25980114    04
Source of the keplerian elements: McCants