Niwaka

Niwaka

FITSAT-1 (middle)
Mission type Technology
Operator Fukuoka Institute of Technology
COSPAR ID 1998-067CP
SATCAT № 38853
Mission duration 21 months
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
Launch mass 1.33 kilograms (2.9 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC
Rocket H-IIB 304
Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 2
Contractor Mitsubishi
Deployed from ISS Kibo
Delivered by Kounotori 3
Deployment date 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04)
End of mission
Decay date 4 July 2013 (2013-07-05)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Eccentricity 0
Perigee 413 kilometres (257 mi)
Apogee 418 kilometres (260 mi)
Inclination 51.65 degrees
Period 93 minutes

Niwaka or FITSAT-1 is a 1U CubeSat satellite deployed from the International Space Station on October 4, 2012.

The Niwaka satellite includes high power LEDs which are driven by 200W pulses, allowing Morse code style communication from the sky to the ground.[1] FITSAT-1 (Niwaka) communicates with ground by means of 5.8 GHz high-speed (115200bit/s) transmitter. It also has a 437 MHz (amateur band) beacon and transmitter with data rate 1200bit/s for telemetry downlink. The name Niwaka derives from "Hakata Niwaka", which is traditional impromptu comical talking with masks. It is also the old name of the city Fukuoka, site of the Fukuoka Institute of Technology in Japan which created the satellite.[2] We-Wish, Raiko, FITSat 1, F 1, and TechEdSat travelled to orbit aboard HTV-3.[3]

It reentered atmosphere on July 4, 2013.[4]

Launch

CubeSats deployed to orbit from the International Space Station on 4 October 2012 (from left: TechEdSat, F-1 and FITSAT-1).

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