Geostationary
QZS-2 (MICHIBIKI-2)
Navigation Augmentation (QZSS) · JAXA / Cabinet Office Japan
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The second Michibiki quasi-zenith satellite, providing GPS augmentation across the Asia-Oceania region. Michibiki-2 carries centimeter-level augmentation signals that correct GPS errors in real time — enabling the precision agriculture, autonomous construction equipment, and self-driving vehicles that Japan is deploying across its territory. The Michibiki L6 signal provides free sub-centimeter positioning corrections that would otherwise cost premium subscription fees on commercial correction networks.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 20,281–24,207 mi (32,639–38,957 km)
- Inclination
- 39.3°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42738
- Int’l designator
- 2017-028A
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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