Mission type Technology SATCAT no. 39575 Launch date 28 February 2014 Inclination 65° Launch mass 1.4 kg | COSPAR ID 2014-009D Inclination 65° Period 1.5 hours | |
Website www.sssrc.aero.osakafu-u.ac.jp/E_SSSRC_HP/projects/OPUSAT/home.html Similar INVADER, Waseda‑SAT2, ChubuSat‑1, PROITERES, Raiko | ||
The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite, or OPUSAT was a technology demonstration cubesat built and operated by Japan's Osaka Prefecture University. It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas and solar paddles) and build around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite purpose is the space testing of the power system based on a Lithium-ion capacitor. The tests were largely successful, and it finished operation by reentry to Earth atmosphere on 24 July 2014. The OPUSAT is a development successor to “Maido Ichigo” satellite by East Osaka Craftmen Astro-Technology SOHLA in Osaka.
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