Cute-1.7 + APD II (Oscar CO-65)

Japan

Spacecraft n°:

Japanese satellite n°: 146

Cubical Titech Engineering satellite + Avalanche Photodiode

Launch data:

Designation	32785 / 08021C
Launch date	28 Apr 2008 - 03:53 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota,SLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-CA
Mission	Civil: Technology Development
LEO Sun-Synchronous Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	616 x 635 km
Eccentricity	1,36E-03
Inclination	98°
Period	97.21 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Platform
Operator	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	1 yr

Mission details:

Will provide telemetry and a 9600-baud packet store-and-forward message relay.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flight C9 placed the Cartosat-2A imaging satellite in a 620 x 661 km x 97.9 deg polar orbit on Apr 28, together with a cluster of small satellites.
The other payloads were nanosatellites with masses from 1 to 7 kg: Cute-1.7/APD-II for the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Ref.: #7(JR596), #98, #226 - update: 19.10.08