ITF-1

ITF-1
Mission type Amateur radio
Operator Tsukuba University
COSPAR ID 2014-009B
SATCAT № 39573
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Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
Manufacturer Tsukuba University
Launch mass 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 27 February 2014, 18:37 (2014-02-27UTC18:37Z) UTC[1]
Rocket H-IIA 202
Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1
Contractor Mitsubishi
End of mission
Decay date 29 June 2014 (2014-06-30)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 382 kilometres (237 mi)
Apogee 391 kilometres (243 mi)
Inclination 65 degrees
Period 92.28 minutes
Epoch 28 February 2014[2]

ITF-1, also known as Yui was an amateur radio cubesat built by Tsukuba University of Japan.

It has a size of 100x100x100mm (without antenna) and build around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite purpose is the raising awareness of space by providing easily decoded signal to amateur radio receivers. ITF-1's mission was unsuccessful; no signal from the spacecraft was ever received and it reentered to Earth atmosphere on 29 June 2014.

See also

References

  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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