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GRUS-1B
Japanese Commercial Earth Observation Satellite · Axelspace (Japan)
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Grus-1B, part of Axelspace's commercial Earth observation constellation providing multispectral imagery for agricultural and environmental monitoring customers across Asia — a Japanese company built by veterans of the university-satellite programs that made Japan an early CubeSat pioneer.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 350–364 mi (563–586 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 96.0 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 47934
- Int’l designator
- 2021-022C
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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