ADRAS-J

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/58992

  • NORAD 58992
  • 2024-034A
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where ADRAS-J 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

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches ADRAS-J 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 ADRAS-J, 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 to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

  2. Rendezvous

    ADRAS-J came up beside H-2A F15 Stage 2, from Feb 18, 2024, as public sources state. Its sources

Summary

Over the Pacific Ocean LIVE

Where is ADRAS-J?

At 5:33:37 PM UTC ADRAS-J was over the Pacific Ocean (2.2° S, 124.6° W), 334 km up, moving at 7.7 km/s and in sunlight.

What is ADRAS-J?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Feb 18, 2024.

Can I see ADRAS-J?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for ADRAS-J, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
Astroscale Japan Inc.
State
Japan (Nippon), State of
Built by
Astroscale Japan Inc.
Launched
Mass
150 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, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
5:33 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
5:33 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
2.2° S, 124.6° W
Altitude
334 km
Speed
7.7 km/s (27,706 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight until 6:04 PM UTC
Inclination
98.2°
Orbital period
90.7 minutes
Orbits per day
15.87
This orbit
267 to 348 km
In shadow
34 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,180 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 6:11 AM, 11 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 6:11 AM, 11 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for ADRAS-J, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to ADRAS-J has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 6:11 AM, 11 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "ADRAS-J",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2024-034A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T06:11:55.469760",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.87015498,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00611314,
  "INCLINATION": 98.1905,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 6.5198,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 304.3766,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 55.173,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 58992,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 15009,
  "BSTAR": 0.0012132588,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00363194,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0.000049691134
}