Asnaro 1

Advanced Satellite with New system ARchitecture for Observation

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General

Designation	40298 / 14070A
Launch date	6 Nov 2014
Country of origin	Japan
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	500 km
Inclination	97.5°
Period	94.8 min
Launch vehicle	Dnepr #21

Project initiated by USEF (Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer) in 2008

Should provide images with better than 50 cm resolution (panchromatic) and better than 2 m resolution (multispectral). 10 km swath width

sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	NEC
Platform	Nextar-300L
Mass at launch	< 500 kg
Dry mass	450 kg
Dimension	2.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 m (deployed)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	3 years

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