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CE-SAT 1, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E
CE-SAT 1 [Canon]
CE-SAT 1 (Canon Electric Satellite 1) is an experimental earth observing microsatellite developed and built by Canon Electronics.
The 50 kg class satellite is built on a 50 cm × 50 cm × 70 cm structure built by AxelSpace built platform based on the Hodoyoshi-1 satellite. It features an optical imaging system based on a 40 cm diameter Cassegrain telescope with 3720 mm focal length and an detector based on the EOS 5D mk.3 camera with 5760 × 3840 pixels. This imaging system provides an 1 m ground resolution from a 600 km orbit with a 6 km × 4 km frame size.
Also an experimental Magnetic Plasma Deorbit System is onboard, which employs the satellite’s magnetic torquers to generate a magnetic moment that interacts with the ram plasma flow to create a plasma drag force.
The satellite was launched in June 2017 as a secondary payload on an Indian PSLV rocket.
CE-SAT 1B (or CE-SAT 1 Mk.2) is the first mass-production model. It was launched in July 2020 on an Electron KS launch vehicle, but failed to reach orbit.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | Canon Electronics Space Technology Laboratory |
| Contractors: | Canon Electronics Space Technology Laboratory (prime); AxelSpace (bus) |
| Equipment: | 40 cm Cassegrain telescope |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | ? |
| Mass: | ~50 kg |
| Orbit: | 497 km × 517 km, 97.45° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE-SAT 1 | 2017-036E | 23.06.2017 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2E, NIUSAT, Max Valier Sat, Venta 1, CICERO 6, Lemur-2 34, ..., 41, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, COMPASS 2, InflateSail, LituanicaSAT 2, URSA MAIOR, NUDTSat, Pegasus, UCLSat, VZLUsat 1, D-Sat, PACSCISAT, Aalto 1, ROBUSTA 1B, SUCHAI, skCUBE, IDEA | |
| CE-SAT 1B | 2020-F05 | 04.07.2020 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with Flock-4e 1, ..., 5, Faraday 1 | |
| CE-SAT 1C | - | 2024 | with ? | |||
| CE-SAT 1D | - | 2024 | with ? | |||
| CE-SAT 1E | 2024-032A | 17.02.2024 | Ta YLP-2 | H-3-22S | with VEP 4, TIRSAT |
References:
- Canon: CE-SAT-I
- Spaceflight Industries: Spaceflight To Launch Smallsats for Canon Electronics, BlackSky, and Others on Three Upcoming Rocket Lab Missions, 11 June 2018
