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ASNARO-2
Japanese Small SAR Imaging Satellite · NEC / Japan
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ASNARO-2, a Japanese SAR satellite testing whether a small, low-cost satellite bus could deliver radar imagery competitive with much larger and more expensive systems — a deliberate cost experiment that helped inform Japan's later commercial small-satellite radar programs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 312–313 mi (502–504 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.5 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43152
- Int’l designator
- 2018-007A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.