SDS-4
Launch
Launched on May 17, 2012 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan aboard a H-IIA 202.
H-IIA 202 | GCOM-W1 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:43 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 17, 2012
Mass
—
Apogee
652 km
Perigee
641 km
Inclination
98.14°
Period
1.63 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SDS-4 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
641 × 652 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2012-025 (H-IIA 202 | GCOM-W1).
- GCOM-W1 (SHIZUKU) · 38337
- ARIRANG-3 (KOMPSAT-3) · 38338
- H-2A R/B · 38341
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