Kagayaki

Also called SorunSAT

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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.

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External resources

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

sat-index articles

Downlink at 437.375 MHz

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