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WNISAT-1
Japanese Commercial Arctic Sea Ice Monitoring Satellite · Weathernews Inc. (Japan)
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WNISAT-1, a Japanese commercial satellite launched in 2013 to monitor Arctic sea ice conditions for shipping companies planning routes through the increasingly navigable Northern Sea Route — one of the first commercial small satellites built specifically for Arctic maritime business intelligence.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 366–508 mi (589–817 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 98.7 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39423
- Int’l designator
- 2013-066H
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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