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UNIFORM 1
Japanese Wildfire Detection Satellite · Hokkaido University / Meisei Electric (Japan)
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UNIFORM-1, a Japanese satellite built jointly by Hokkaido University and Meisei Electric, launched in 2014 to detect wildfires from orbit using an infrared camera — feeding early warning data directly to disaster response agencies.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 360–364 mi (579–586 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.2 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39767
- Int’l designator
- 2014-029B
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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