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INVADER

Artificial satellite for artistic experiments in space. INVADER was launched on February 27, 2014 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 2, 2014).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Cubesat-OSCAR-77
Common name: INVADER
Payload designation: Invader
Other names: CO-77,Artsat
International designator: 2014-009F
NORAD catalog number: 39577
GCAT identifier: S39577
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/735

Mission

Mission type: Education, Communications
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: Tama
Owner: Tama
Country: Japan
Builder: Tama Art University, Hachioji campus
Platform (bus): Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date: February 27, 2014 · 18:37 UTC
Launch record: 2014-009Success
Rocket: H-IIA 202
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 384 km
Apogee: 396 km
Inclination: 65.01°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: September 2, 2014
Last known active: Jun 2, 2014
End of operations: Sep 1, 2014

Size

Mass: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.2 m

Launched together

ShindaiSatTechnology · Shinshu U ITF-1Technology · Tsukuba U Global Precipitation MeasurementEarth science · GSFC OPUSatTechnology · Osaka Pref. U.TeikyoSat-3Biology · Teikyo Hayato-2Technology · Kagoshima U Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite IITechnology · Kagawa U

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16323053 (CC0).