Micro Labsat

Also called Mu-Lab-Sat

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General

Designation	27600 / 02056D
Launch date	14 Dec 2002
Country of origin	Japan
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	800 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.7°
Period	100.8 min
Launch vehicle	H2A #11

Has released two tiny subsatellites in an experiment to test an onboard tracking imager for inspector satellites. The RITE (Remote Inspection Technology Experiment) targets are disks about 0.1m in diameter. They were released from Micro-LabSat on 2003 Mar 14 at 0140 UTC and 2003 May 14 at 0150 UTC. The targets have not been cataloged by NORAD.

In 2004 it is announced that the onboard camera and computer are working fine and will be used to track the moon. It will serve as movinh target, training the satellite to control its attitude to track it.

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	NASDA
Platform
Mass at launch	54 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	70 x 50 cm
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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