SOCRATES
Launch
Launched on May 24, 2014 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan aboard a H-IIA 202.
H-IIA 202 | ALOS-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 11:27 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 24, 2014
Mass
—
Apogee
589 km
Perigee
583 km
Inclination
97.92°
Period
1.60 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SOCRATES across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.5 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
583 × 589 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 2014-029 (H-IIA 202 | ALOS-2).
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