ADRAS-J

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NORAD ID: 58992

Int'l Code: 2024-034A

Perigee: 562.0 km

Apogee: 620.4 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 96.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6962 km

RCS: Unknown

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   24208.88791923  .00005146  00000-0  47489-3 0  9990
2 58992  98.2152 183.7257 0041984 278.3919  81.2542 14.94458219 23790

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC