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KOSEN-1
Japanese technology demonstration CubeSat. KOSEN-1 was launched on November 9, 2021 aboard a Epsilon from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-102HNORAD 49402Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- KOSEN-1
- International designator
- 2021-102H
- NORAD catalog number
- 49402
- GCAT identifier
- S49402
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1073
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- KOSEN
- Owner
- Kochi College
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Kochi Technical College
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
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
- 543 km
- Apogee
- 572 km
- Inclination
- 97.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3 kg
- Dry mass
- 3 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 Q108898244 (CC0).