Asutarisuku

Former Japanese technology demonstration CubeSat. Asutarisuku was launched on November 9, 2021 aboard a Epsilon from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 25, 2025).

COSPAR 2021-102ANORAD 49395Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Asutarisuku
Payload designation: ASTERISC
International designator: 2021-102A
NORAD catalog number: 49395
GCAT identifier: S49395
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1073

Mission

Mission type: Space science
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: Chiba
Owner: Chiba kogyu
Country: Japan
Builder: Chiba Institute of Technology
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: November 9, 2021 · 00:55 UTC
Launch record: 2021-102Success
Rocket: Epsilon
Spaceport: Uchinoura (Kagoshima) · pad EP

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 556 km
Apogee: 573 km
Inclination: 97.57°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: January 25, 2025
Last known active: April 2022
End of operations: December 2024

Size

Mass: 4 kg
Dry mass: 4 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

RAISE-2Technology · JAXA DRUMSOptical imaging · MHI Meiyu HibariTechnology · TITech KOSEN-1Astronomy · Kochi College NanoDragonAstronomy · Aoyama Gakuin

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108888043 (CC0).