QPS-SAR-8 (AMATERU-IV)
Launch
Launched on Aug 16, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:06 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 16, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
559 km
Perigee
554 km
Inclination
97.66°
Period
1.59 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for QPS-SAR-8 (AMATERU-IV) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.3 km
Rate
-0.02 km/day
Now
554 × 559 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
60 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-149 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).
- TRANSPORTER-11 OBJECT A · 60468
- FLOCK 4BE-17 · 60492
- NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN) · 60493
- FLOCK 4BE-22 · 60494
- FLOCK 4BE-34 · 60495
- TYCHE · 60496
- FLOCK 4BE-32 · 60497
- NUSAT-48 (HENRIETTA LE*) · 60498
- FLOCK 4BE-30 · 60499
- NUSAT-49 (KLARA DAN VO*) · 60500
- FLOCK 4BE-11 · 60501
- YAM-7 · 60504
- FLOCK 4BE-24 · 60505
- LUR-1 · 60506
- TANAGER-1 · 60507
- EAGLEEYE · 60508
- FLOCK 4BE-29 · 60509
- TRANSPORTER-11 OBJECT AU · 60510
- FLOCK 4BE-2 · 60511
- FLOCK 4BE-13 · 60512
- FLOCK 4BE-27 · 60513
- FLOCK 4BE-9 · 60514
- WARATAH SEED-1 · 60469
- FLOCK 4BE-6 · 60516
…and 36 more from this launch.
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