Hodoyoshi 1 satellite

Hodoyoshi 1

Japan

Spacecraft nº:

Japanese spacecraft nº: 203

Launch data:

Designation	40299 / 14070B
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 524 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.47°
Period	94.90 min

Hodoyoshi 1

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

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	University of Tokyo, NESTRA
Platform
Operator	University of Tokyo, NESTRA
Mass at launch	60 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	imager with 6.8m resolution and 28 km swath
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

HODOYOSHI-1 is an 132-pound (60-kg) experimental earth-observing micro-satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, designed to collect medium-resolution imagery of Earth. It has a 6.8 m ground resolution.

Mission details:

Hodoyoshi 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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Ref.: #7(JR705), #14, #207, #228 - update: 25.01.15