UNITEC 1

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Japanese spacecraft n°: 165

Launch data: Designation  36578 / 10020F Launch date  20 May 2010 - 21:58 UT Launch site  Tanegashima, YLP-1 Launch vehicle  H-2A-202 Mission  Technology Heliocentric orbit: Perigee / Apogee  0.72 x 1.07 AU Eccentricity   Inclination  2.0 deg Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• Launch was by H-IIA 202 rocket, flight F17. F17 reached a 292 x 306 km x 30.0 deg low Earth orbit at 2210 UTC and deployed three cubesats: KSAT, Negai* and Waseda-Sat 2.
• F17's second stage restarted at 2220 UTC to accelerate to escape velocity. It cutoff at 2224 UTC, and then deployed three spacecraft into a 0.72 x 1.07 AU x 2.0 deg solar orbit: Akatsuki, Unitec-1 and Ikaros. Unitec-1 will space-qualify university-built spacecraft computers. The PAF900M adapter separating Akatsuki and Ikaros was jettisoned into solar orbit.