Hodoyoshi 1

Microsatellite. Hodoyoshi 1 was launched on November 6, 2014 aboard a Dnepr from Yasny. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 18, 2025).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Hodoyoshi-1
Common name: Hodoyoshi 1
International designator: 2014-070B
NORAD catalog number: 40299
GCAT identifier: S40299
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/812

Mission

Mission type: Optical imaging
Use: Commercial
Program: AXEL
Owner: AXELSPACE
Country: Japan
Builder: AXELSPACE Corporation
Platform (bus): Hodoyoshi

Launch

Date: November 6, 2014 · 07:35 UTC
Launch record: 2014-070Success
Rocket: Dnepr
Spaceport: Yasny · pad Sh370/13

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 505 km
Apogee: 524 km
Inclination: 97.47°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: March 18, 2025
Last known active: February 2023
End of operations: February 2025

Size

Mass: 50 kg
Dry mass: 50 kg
Length: 0.7 m
Diameter: 0.50 m
Span: 1.5 m

Launched together

ASNARO 1Optical imaging · J-spacesystems ChubuSat 1Optical imaging · Nagoya QSAT-EOSOptical imaging · Kyushu U.TSUBAMEAstronomy · TITech

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q24897282 (CC0).