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CUTE-1.7 + APD

Amateur radio satellite launched in 2006. CUTE-1.7 + APD was launched on February 21, 2006 aboard a M-V from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 25, 2009).

COSPAR 2006-005CNORAD 28941Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
Cubesat-OSCAR-56
Common name
CUTE-1.7 + APD
Payload designation
CUTE-1.7-APD
Other names
CO-56
International designator
2006-005C
NORAD catalog number
28941
GCAT identifier
S28941
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/510

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
TIT
Owner
TITech
Country
Japan
Builder
Tokyo Inst of Technology
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 2U

Launch

Date
February 21, 2006 · 21:28 UTC
Launch record
2006-005Success
Rocket
M-V
Spaceport
Uchinoura (Kagoshima) · pad M-V

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/S
Perigee
298 km
Apogee
711 km
Inclination
98.19°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
October 25, 2009
Last known active
Mar 15, 2006
End of operations
Mar 15, 2006

Size

Mass
4 kg
Dry mass
4 kg
Length
0.2 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.2 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14152752 (CC0).