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CUTE 1 (CO 55, CubeSat-OSCAR 55)

CUTE 1 [LSS]

The CUTE 1 (Cubical TITech Engineering Satellite) will conduct the following three missions.

  • Communication Mission
    - Continuous transmission of CW-Telemetry by CW-transmitter (As a beacon)
    - Transmittion of FM-Telemetry including payload data by two different protocols
      - Ax.25 protocol
      - SRLL(Simple Radio Link Layer) protocol
    - Change the two communication protocols by uplink command from ground station
    Sensing Mission
    CUTE-I has some various sensors: thermometers, accelerometers, gyros and sun sensor, and so on. Measuring temperature, acceleration, and angular velocity of CUTE-I on orbit, we will obtain the satellite condition data in space environment.
  • Deployment Mission
    CUTE-I has a deployable solar cell paddle that can be deployed by a command uplink to verify whether or not the deployment mechanism operate well in the space.

CUTE 1.7 is a follow-on model to precede the more sophisticated CUTE 2.

Nation: Japan
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS)
Contractors: Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS)
Equipment:
Configuration: CubeSat (1U)
Propulsion: None
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: 1 kg
Orbit: 819 km × 830 km, 98.72°
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CUTE 1 (CO 55, CubeSat-OSCAR 55) 2003-031E 30.06.2003 Pl LC-133/3 Rokot-KM with MOST, MIMOSA, CanX 1, AAU-Cubesat, DTUSat, XI-IV, QuakeSat, Monitor-E GVM

References:

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (TiTech) Website
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