Taka [Kyutech]
Bird are a small technological CubeSat built by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) as the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project, which is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan.
Taka is a Kyutech bult satellite, which in contrast to all other Bird satellites so far, is a 2U CubeSat.
The fifth batch, BIRDS-5, consists of satellites from Uganda (PearlAfricaSat 1), Zimbabwe (ZimSat 1), and Japan (Taka).
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology, education |
Operator: | Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) |
Contractors: | Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) |
Equipment: | Cameras |
Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | ~ 6 months |
Mass: | 1 kg |
Orbit: | 400 km × 400 km, 51.6° (typical) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Taka | 1998-067UN | 07.11.2022 | WI LC-0A | Antares-230+ | with Cygnus CRS-18, PearlAfricaSat 1, ZimSat 1, SpaceTuna 1 |