ADRAS-J

NORAD ID: 58992

Int'l Code: 2024-034A

Launch date: February 18, 2024
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)

ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal By Astroscale - Japan) is a Japanese satellite aimed to demonstrate proximity operations and obtain images of a rocket body, delivering observational data to better understand the debris environment. ADRAS-J is designed to rendezvous with an unprepared Japanese H-2A upper stage rocket body (approximately 11 meters long, 4 meters in diameter, and weighing approximately 3 tons), demonstrate proximity operations, and gather images to assess the rocket body’s movement and condition of the structure.

1 58992U 24034A   26253.92936164  .00142196  80878-5  10765-2 0  9994
2 58992  98.2079 297.7009 0112773 162.5953 197.9220 15.64179498140915

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC