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Kagayaki


Also called SorunSAT

General


Designation 33495 / 09002D
Launch date 23 Jan 2009
Country of origin Japan
Mission Technology
Perigee/Apogee 680 km
Inclination 98°
Period  
Launch vehicle H2A #22

Developed by the Tokyo-based information system company Sorun Corporation.
The 15-cm, cube-shaped satellite was built by about 40 students in their free time after school and on weekends.

Among the design features are an autonomous on-board control system and an inflatable deployable boom. The mission goals are to measure orbital debris and observe auroral electric currents.


External resources


http://www.sorun.co.jp/e_kagayaki/top.html

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