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QPS-SAR-7 (TSUKUYOMI-II)
Japanese Commercial SAR Imaging Satellite · iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Japan)
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QPS-SAR-7, nicknamed Tsukuyomi-II, launched April 2024 on SpaceX's inaugural Bandwagon rideshare mission — a new service specifically designed to deliver satellites into mid-inclination orbits that neither Falcon 9's usual polar nor equatorial rideshare routes could reach economically. Its highest-resolution 'Spotlight' mode achieves 0.46-meter precision, among the sharpest imagery any private company has achieved with a radar satellite this small and this cheap.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 338–339 mi (544–546 km)
- Inclination
- 45.6°
- One orbit
- 95.4 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59447
- Int’l designator
- 2024-066F
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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