No public orbit · Japan

IGS R-6

NO PUBLIC ORBIT

GCAT lists it as JSE reda-6 gouki.

IGS R-6 (NORAD 43495) is a satellite whose orbit is not public. What is published: its catalogue entry, its UN registration and who operates it.

Orbit

No public orbit

The public catalogue lists no orbit for it, not even its height and tilt (CelesTrak, 14 Oct 2026). azmth draws nothing for it.

Catalogue status: CelesTrak, 14 Oct 2026

Catalogue

Country: Japan; From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched: 12 Jun 2018
COSPAR ID: 2018-052A
NORAD ID: 43495

Japan's UN registration gives its orbit as about 497 to 516 km up, tilted 97.4°, 95 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/862, 31 Oct 2018). Its current orbit is not published. Japan gives its function as “Satellite conducting missions assigned by the Government of Japan”.

Who operates it

MilitaryJapanActive

Radar imaging

Official description

“The Information Gathering Satellites and their related systems are intended for collecting and analysing information that contributes to diplomatic, defence and other security policy and to crisis management such as responses to large-scale disasters; the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center is the satellite intelligence body that handles the whole chain of work, from their development and operation to the analysis of the image information they produce.”

Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (undated, server date 31 Jul 2026)

azmth's translation · Show original

情報収集衛星とその関連システムは、外交、防衛その他の安全保障政策や、大規模な災害への対応等の危機管理対策に資する情報の収集や分析を目的としたもので、内閣衛星情報センターは、その開発から運用、それらによって得られた画像情報の分析に至る一連の事務を総合的に行う衛星情報機関です。

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for radar imaging, lists its owner as Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center and records it as active (14 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 14 Oct 2026.

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