IGS RADAR-5

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IGS RADAR-5 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 42072

Int'l Code: 2017-015A

Perigee: 493.5 km

Apogee: 496.5 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.

1 42072U 17015A   19172.87850768 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    01
2 42072  97.3698 243.6253 0002182 354.4487   5.5511 15.25980123    05

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants