QPS-SAR-20

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/101257

  • Earth-watching satellite
  • NORAD 101257
  • 2026-247A
  • Low Earth orbit

Summary

Over the Pacific Ocean LIVE

Where is QPS-SAR-20?

At on November 15, 2026, QPS-SAR-20 was over the Pacific Ocean (15.8° S, 93.3° W), 584 km up, moving at 7.57 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is QPS-SAR-20?

A satellite that watches the Earth in low Earth orbit, in space since Nov 2, 2026.

Can I see QPS-SAR-20?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for QPS-SAR-20, and nothing here estimates one; what people use is its pictures and measurements of the Earth.

Latest orbital data

Position received
2:24 AM UTC
Station time (UTC)
2:24 AM UTC
Latitude / longitude
15.8° S, 93.3° W
Altitude
584 km
Speed
7.57 km/s (27,241 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 2:44 AM UTC
Inclination
42°
Orbital period
96.2 minutes
Orbits per day
14.97
This orbit
573 to 584 km
In shadow
23 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,730 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 14, 2026, 6:17 AM, 18 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 14, 2026, 6:17 AM, 20 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for QPS-SAR-20, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

General

Operator
QPS Laboratories Co, Ltd.
State
Japan (Nippon), State of
Built by
QPS Laboratories Co, Ltd.
What it is
Earth-watching satellite
Launched
Mass
120 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, what it is for, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to QPS-SAR-20 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 14, 2026, 1:52 PM, 10 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

QPS-SAR-20 shares its launch, 2026-247, with 2 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
ELECTRON R/BRocket body
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/BRocket body

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
QPS-SAR-20573 to 584 km96 minutes120 kg2026
WorldView-3612 to 615 km97 minutesabout 2.8 t2014
SAOCOM 1A622 to 624 km97 minutesabout 3 t2018
ALOS-2630 to 632 km97 minutesabout 2.1 t2014
PAZ507 to 510 km95 minutesabout 1.4 t2018
SMAP681 to 683 km98 minutes944 kg2015

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 14, 2026, 6:17 AM, 18 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "QPS-SAR-20",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-247A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-14T06:17:13.940160",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.96953881,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00081762,
  "INCLINATION": 42.0111,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 163.4428,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 339.4182,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 20.6313,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 101257,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 173,
  "BSTAR": 0.00025792649,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002836,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Current orbit

Where QPS-SAR-20 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Indian Ocean

Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean

In the Earth’s shadow since

Back in sunlight

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches QPS-SAR-20 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for QPS-SAR-20, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint for the naked eye. What it is up there for reaches the ground as pictures and measurements, not as a light in the sky.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source