PRISM (Hitomi)
PRISM (Picosatellite for Remote-sensing and Innovative Space Missions), also known as Hitomi, is a technology pathfinder mission of ISSL (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory) at the University of Tokyo (UT), Japan, to serve as a first attempt at applying nano-satellites to practical missions.
PRISM's mission is to:
PRISM was launched in January 2009 as a piggy-back payload on an H-2A-202 rocket. By 2014, it was still active.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | ISSL (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory) at the University of Tokyo (UT) |
Contractors: | ISSL (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory) at the University of Tokyo (UT) |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | 20 cm × 20 cm × 25 cm cube |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 8.5 kg |
Orbit: | 666 km × 666 km, 98º |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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PRISM (Hitomi) | 2009-002B | 23.01.2009 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-202 | with GOSAT, SDS 1, SOHLA 1, SpriteSat, Kagayaki, KKS 1, STARS 1 |