SOCRATES

Japan

Spacecraft nº:

Japanese spacecraft nº: 196

SOCRATES = Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite

Launch data:

Designation 39768 / 14029C
Launch date 24 May 2014 - 03:05 UT
Launch site Tanegashima, YLP-1
Launch vehicle  H-2A-202
Mission Earth observation
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 623 x 634 km
Eccentricity 
Inclination  97.9°
Period 97.1 min

Launched together with: ALOS 2 - Rising 2 - UNIFORM 1 - SPROUT

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer AES
Platform 
Operator NICT
Mass at launch  48 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  cube
Dimension (m) 
Equipment SOTA
Solar array 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells
Stabilization  three axis stabilized
Propulsion Hydrogen peroxide thrusters
DC power  
Design lifetime  

The secondary payloads integrated on the adapter ring of the second stage (image credit: JAXA)




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