SEEDS 2 (Oscar CO-66)

Launch data: Designation  32791 / 08021J Launch date  28 Apr 2008 - 03:53 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, SLP Launch vehicle  PSLV-CA Mission  Technique Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  615 x 638 km Eccentricity   Inclination  97.8° Period  97.1 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The SEEDS satellite is designed and built by students at Japan's Nihon University. When fully operational, SEEDS will download telemetry in Morse code and 1200-baud FM AFSK packet radio at 437.485 MHz. The satellite also has Slow-Scan TV (SSTV) capability.
• It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.
  It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.

Mission details:

• 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: SEEDS 2 for Nihon University (Tokyo).