Mission type Amateur radio COSPAR ID 2014-009B Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat Inclination 65° Period 1.5 hours Manufacturer University of Tsukuba | Operator Tsukuba University SATCAT no. 39573 Launch date 2014 Inclination 65° Launch mass 1.3 kg | |
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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.
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