OPUSAT

OPUSAT
Mission type Technology
Operator Osaka Prefecture University
COSPAR ID 2014-009D
SATCAT № 39575
Website www.sssrc.aero.osakafu-u.ac.jp/E_SSSRC_HP/projects/OPUSAT/home.html
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
Manufacturer Osaka Prefecture University
Launch mass 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 27 February 2014, 18:37 (2014-02-27UTC18:37Z) UTC[1]
Rocket H-IIA 202
Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1
Contractor Mitsubishi
End of mission
Decay date 24 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 383 kilometres (238 mi)
Apogee 389 kilometres (242 mi)
Inclination 65 degrees
Period 92.27 minutes
Epoch 28 February 2014[2]

The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite, or OPUSAT was a technology demonstration cubesat built and operated by Japan's Osaka Prefecture University. It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas and solar paddles) and build around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite purpose is the space testing of the power system based on a Lithium-ion capacitor. The tests were largely successful,[3] and it finished operation by reentry to Earth atmosphere on 24 July 2014. The OPUSAT is a development successor to “Maido Ichigo” satellite by East Osaka Craftmen Astro-Technology SOHLA in Osaka.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "OPUSAT achieved minimum mission success.". SSSRC (in Japanese). May 4, 2014.

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