// optical imaging · 2009

PRISM

Japanese student Earth observation and communication satellite. PRISM was launched on January 23, 2009 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 19, 2025).

COSPAR 2009-002BNORAD 33493Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Hitomi
Common name: PRISM
Payload designation: PRISM
International designator: 2009-002B
NORAD catalog number: 33493
GCAT identifier: S33493
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/574

Mission

Mission type: Optical imaging
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: Tokyo
Owner: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Builder: Tokyo University
Platform (bus): PRISM

Launch

Date: January 23, 2009 · 03:54 UTC
Launch record: 2009-002Success
Rocket: H-IIA 202
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/S
Perigee: 589 km
Apogee: 665 km
Inclination: 98.05°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: April 19, 2025
Last known active: February 2023
End of operations: 2018

Size

Mass: 8 kg
Dry mass: 8 kg
Length: 0.4 m
Diameter: 0.19 m
Span: 1.0 m

Launched together

Greenhouse Gases Observing SatelliteEarth science · JAXA SpriteSatSpace science · Tohoku KagayakiTechnology · Sorun SOHLA 1Technology · SOHLA SDS-1Technology · JAXA Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite ITechnology · Kagawa U KKS-1Technology · Kouko-Kosen

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11239090 (CC0).