OPUSAT
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Mission type | Technology |
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Operator | Osaka Prefecture University |
COSPAR ID | 2014-009D |
SATCAT no. | 39575 |
Website | www |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer | Osaka Prefecture University |
Launch mass | 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 February 2014, 18:37[1] | UTC
Rocket | H-IIA 202 |
Launch site | Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 |
Contractor | Mitsubishi |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 24 July 2014 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 383 kilometres (238 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 389 kilometres (242 mi) |
Inclination | 65 degrees |
Period | 92.27 minutes |
Epoch | 28 February 2014[2] |
The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite, or OPUSAT was a technology demonstration cubesat built and operated by Japan's Osaka Prefecture University. It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas and solar paddles) and build around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite purpose was the space testing of the power system based on a Lithium-ion capacitor. The tests were largely successful,[3] and it finished operation by reentry to Earth atmosphere on 24 July 2014. The OPUSAT was a development successor to “Maido Ichigo” satellite by East Osaka Craftmen Astro-Technology SOHLA in Osaka.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "OPUSAT achieved minimum mission success". SSSRC (in Japanese). May 4, 2014. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official Homepage
- OPUSAT Packet Decoder Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Gunters space OPUSAT page
- Description and block diagram of OPUSAT