SOCRATES is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by National Inst. Communications Tech., Kashima Space Research, launched 2014.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9087° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0004719 |
| Period | 96.3 min |
| Apogee | 586 km |
| Perigee | 580 km |
| Mean motion | 14.94855517 rev/day |
| RAAN | 301.7316° |
| Arg of perigee | 272.3021° |
| Mean anomaly | 87.7659° |
| B* | 1.6116e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 65,738 |
1 39768U 14029C 26188.11729625 .00001696 00000-0 16116-3 0 99972 39768 97.9087 301.7316 0004719 272.3021 87.7659 14.94855517657384{
"OBJECT_NAME": "SOCRATES",
"OBJECT_ID": "2014-029C",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:48:54.396+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.94855517,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0004719,
"INCLINATION": 97.9087,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 301.7316,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 272.3021,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 87.7659,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 39768,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 65738,
"BSTAR": 0.00016116,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001696,
"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.
| Name | SOCRATES |
| Operator | National Inst. Communications Tech., Kashima Space ResearchHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog |
| Country | Japan |
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| Launch mass (kg) | |
| Mission purpose | — |
| Object class | PAYLOADHIGH |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
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