▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.0546°
Eccentricity	0.0016435
Period	98.0 min
Apogee	677 km
Perigee	654 km
Mean motion	14.68650644 rev/day
RAAN	203.8046°
Arg of perigee	221.6643°
Mean anomaly	138.3312°
B*	1.1454e-4
Rev at epoch	5,777

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 29479U 06041A 26187.94345449 .00000618 00000-0 11454-3 0 9991

2 29479 98.0546 203.8046 0016435 221.6643 138.3312 14.68650644 57772

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "HINODE (SOLAR-B)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2006-041A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T22:38:34.468+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.68650644,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0016435,
  "INCLINATION": 98.0546,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 203.8046,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 221.6643,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 138.3312,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 29479,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5777,
  "BSTAR": 0.00011454,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000618,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	HINODE (SOLAR-B)
Operator	Institute of Space and Astronautical SciHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Japan
Launch date	Sep 22, 2006HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	900HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.