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SOCRATES
Japanese Technology Demonstrator · Japanese University Consortium
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SOCRATES, a Japanese technology and educational satellite launched in 2014 to test compact optical communications hardware alongside student-built experiments from multiple Japanese universities.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 362–366 mi (582–590 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 96.2 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39768
- Int’l designator
- 2014-029C
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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