ChubuSat 1 satellite

ChubuSat 1 (Kinshachi 1)

Japan

Spacecraft nº:

Japanese spacecraft nº: 204

Launch data:

Designation	40300 / 14070C
Launch date	06 Nov 2014 - 07:35 UT
Launch site	Do, LC-370/13
Launch vehicle	Dnepr
Mission	Imaging
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	503 x 537 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.47°
Period	95.03 min

Chubusat-1

Launched together with: ASNARO 1 - Hodoyoshi 1 - QSAT-EOS - Tsubame

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Nagoya University, Daido University
Platform
Operator	Nagoya University, Daido University
Mass at launch	50 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	10m res, 14 km swath imager and a 130m res, 7-13 micron infrared camera
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

Kinshachi-1, also known as ChubuSat-1, is a project of Nagoya and Daido universities. (The name Kinschachi refers to the golden sea-monster statues on Nagoya castle; Nagoya and Daido are in the Chubu region of Japan). It carries a 10m res, 14 km swath imager, a 130m res, 7-13 micron infrared camera reported to be for atmosphere temperature profiles and space debris monitoring. and an amateur radio relay payload.

Mission details:

ChubuSat 1 was launched piggy-back with a larger satellite and three other small satellites on a Dnepr rocket from the Yasni (Dombarovsky) cosmodrome on Nov.06, 2014.

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