Satellites of Japan (Nippon), State of
221 satellites in orbit, 121 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT
GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), credits these satellites to Japan (Nippon), State of under the code J.
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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS-2B (YURI 2B) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| HIMAWARI 3 (GMS 3) | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| YURI 2A (BS-2A) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SAKURA 2B (CS-2B) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SAKURA 2A (CS-2A) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| KIKU 4 (ETS 3) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| HIMAWARI 2 (GMS 2) | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| KIKU 3 (ETS 4) | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| AYAME 2 (ECS-2) | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| AYAME 1 (ECS 1) | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| YURI (BSE) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| UME 2 (ISS-B) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| KYOKKO 1 (EXOS A) | Not known | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SAKURA 1A (CS-1A) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| HIMAWARI 1 (GMS 1) | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| KIKU 2 (ETS 2) | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Ended | |
| TANSEI 3 (MS-T3) | Not known | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| UME 1 (ISS 1) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| KIKU 1 (ETS 1) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SHINSEI (MS-F2) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TANSEI 1 (MS-T1) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended |