ChubuSat 1 [Nagoya University]
ChubuSat 1 or Kinshachi 1 is micro-satellite built by Nagoya University and Daido University to conduct space debris observation.
ChubuSat 1 was launched piggy-back with a larger satellite and three other small satellites on a Dnepr rocket from the Yasni (Dombarovsky) cosmodrome in late 2014.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Nagoya University, Daido University |
Contractors: | Nagoya University, Daido University |
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Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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Mass: | ~50 kg |
Orbit: | 504 km × 538 km, 97.47° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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ChubuSat 1 (Kinshachi 1) | 2014-070C | 06.11.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with ASNARO 1, Hodoyoshi 1, QSAT-EOS, Tsubame |