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HITSat
HITSat was launched on September 22, 2006 aboard a M-V from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jun 18, 2008).
COSPAR 2006-041FNORAD 29484Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- HITSAT-OSCAR-59
- Common name
- HITSat
- Payload designation
- HIT-SAT
- Other names
- HO-59
- International designator
- 2006-041F
- NORAD catalog number
- 29484
- GCAT identifier
- S29484
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/510
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- HOKIT
- Owner
- HokkaidoIT
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Hokkaido Institute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- September 22, 2006 · 21:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-041Success
- Rocket
- M-V
- Spaceport
- Uchinoura (Kagoshima) · pad M-V
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 279 km
- Apogee
- 668 km
- Inclination
- 98.33°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- June 18, 2008
- Last known active
- 2006
- End of operations
- June 2008
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11160860 (CC0).