SDS 1

Japan

Spacecraft n°:

Japanese satellite n°: 151

Small Demonstration Satellite

Launch data:

Designation	33494 / 09002C
Launch date	23 Jan 2009 - 03:54 UT
Launch site	Tanegashima, YLP-1
Launch vehicle	H-2A-202
Mission	Government: Technology development
Sun-Synchronous Earth orbit on Jan 24.16:
Perigee / Apogee	662 x 668 km
Eccentricity	2,84E-04
Inclination	98.03 deg
Period	98.04 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	JAXA
Platform
Operator	JAXA
Mass at launch	100 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape	box
Dimension (m)
Solar array	2 vanes of solar panels
Stabilization
DC power	100 W
Design lifetime

27 Dec 2008: SDS-1 at Lifting before Payload Support Structure - Credit: JAXA

Decay:

Out of service:	Feb 1, 2011
Cause:

Mission details:

SDS-1 is JAXA's Small Demonstration Satellite, a 100 kg microsatellite with a camera, GPS receiver and sun sensor.
Instrumentation carried: MTP (Multi-mode integrated Transponder): SWIM (SpaceWire demonstration Module): AMI (Advanced Micro processing In-orbit experiment equipment): TFC (Thin Film Solar Cell): DOS (Small Dosimeter): small satellite bus technology experiment.

Ref.: #7(JR605), #14, #84a, #225(09.01), #226, #235 - update: 18.03.11