Negai*

Spacecraft n°:

Japanese spacecraft n°: 162

Launch data: Designation  36575 / 10020C Launch date  20 May 2010 - 21:58 UT Launch site  Tanegashima, YLP-1 Launch vehicle  H-2A-202 Mission  Technology / imaging Earth orbit on May 20.97: Perigee / Apogee  287 x 305 km Eccentricity  0.001 Inclination  29.98 deg Period  90.43 min

Mission details:

• Negai* (Negai-Star) is a CubeSat mission built by Soka University. It is a space verification of an advanced information processing system using commercial FPGA.
• Launch was by H-IIA 202 rocket, flight F17. F17 reached a 292 x 306 km x 30.0 deg low Earth orbit at 2210 UTC and deployed three cubesats: KSAT for Kagoshima University, Negai* ("Negai-star" but always written with a star symbol) for Soka University in Tokyo, and Waseda-Sat 2 for Waseda University in Tokyo.