NORAD 24278
JAS 2
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Altitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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- Kilometers per second
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- Miles per second
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From your location
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Right ascension
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- Declination
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 24278
- International designator
- 1996-046B
- Launch date
- Aug 17, 1996
- Launch site
- TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER
- Radar size (RCS)
- Medium (0.1–1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
- 145.900 MHz · LSB
- Downlink
- 435.795 MHz · CW435.800 MHz · USB435.910 MHz · FM
- Beacon
- 435.795 MHz · CW
- Mode
- CW, FM, LSB, USB
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Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerMode V/U Linear Transponder
Transponder · LSB ↑ / USB ↓
- Downlink
- 435.800 MHz – 435.900 MHz
- Uplink
- 145.900 MHz – 146.000 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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- Inverting
- Yes
Mode U CW Beacon
Transmitter · CW
- Downlink
- 435.795 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 12
Mode U Digitalker
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 435.910 MHz
- CTCSS
- -
- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-01 19:53:01 UTC
- TLE age
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Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 106 minutes, on an orbit tilted 98.5° from the equator, between 815 and 1,331 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About JAS 2
JAS 2 is a satellite from Japan, launched on Aug 17, 1996 from Tanegashima Space Center.
It circles Earth every 106 minutes (13.5 times a day), between 799 and 1,321 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.5° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 81° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
JAS-2 · Japanese amateur radio satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 800 km to 799 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.