CUTE-1.7 + APD
| Names | Cubical Tech Engineering-1.7 + Avalanche Photodiode CO-56 (OSCAR 56) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology |
| Operator | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| COSPAR ID | 2006-005C |
| SATCAT no. | 28941 |
| Mission duration | 0.2 years (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | 2U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Launch mass | 3 kg (6.6 lb) |
| Dimensions | 20 × 10 × 10 cm (7.9 × 3.9 × 3.9 in) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 February 2006, 21:28:00 UTC |
| Rocket | M-V # 8 |
| Launch site | Uchinoura |
| Contractor | IHI AEROSPACE |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | 16 March 2006 |
| Decay date | 25 October 2009 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 299 km (186 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 712 km (442 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.19° |
| Period | 94.72 minutes |
CUTE-1.7 + APD (Cubical Tokyo Tech Engineering satellite 1.7 plus Avalanche Photodiode)[2] or CO-56 (Cubesat-Oscar-56[3]) or just OSCAR 56 was an amateur radio satellite in the form of a double CubeSat. The satellite used commercial off-the-shelf components extensively, in particular, it used the Hitachi NPD-20JWL PDA as a control computer, and it used a USB hub for sensor communications. At the end of its mission, the satellite was supposed to deploy an electrodynamic tether to help it deorbit. The satellite failed early into its mission, so the electrodynamic tether experiment probably did not happen. It was launched on February 21, 2006 on board a Japanese launcher M-V.
On 16 March 2006, the communication system malfunctioned so that it was transmitting unmodulated carrier wave and unable to communicate.[4] The satellite decayed from orbit on 25 October 2009. A follow-up mission, CUTE-1.7 + APD II, was launched in April 2008 and remains operational.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Spacecraft: CUTE-1.7 + APD". NASA. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Cute-1.7 + APD - プロジェクト概要 -". lss.mes.titech.ac.jp. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "AMSAT News Service Bulletin 071.08". Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. 12 March 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cute-1.7 + APD - NEWS - Cute-1.7+APDの現状ついて". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
External links
[edit]- Official homepage
- Summary article
- Telemetry (in Czech)
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