Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat Launch site Satish Dhawan SLP Reference system Geocentric Launch date 28 April 2008 | Rocket PSLV C9 Contractor ISRO Launch mass 1,000 g Operator Nihon University | |
Mission type Technology Development
Sensor experiments Similar Delfi‑C3, INVADER, Waseda‑SAT2, ChubuSat‑1, Raiko | ||
The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2 (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.
It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.
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