QPS-SAR-2

Former Japanese commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite and technology demonstrator. QPS-SAR-2 was launched on January 24, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 11, 2024).

COSPAR 2021-006CANORAD 47485Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Izanami
Common name: QPS-SAR-2
Payload designation: QPS-SAR 2
International designator: 2021-006CA
NORAD catalog number: 47485
GCAT identifier: S47485
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1011

Mission

Mission type: Radar imaging
Use: Commercial
Program: QPS
Owner: QPS Labs
Country: Japan
Builder: QPS Laboratories Co, Ltd.
Platform (bus): QSAT

Launch

Date: January 24, 2021 · 15:00 UTC
Launch record: 2021-006Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 514 km
Apogee: 534 km
Inclination: 97.51°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: April 11, 2024
Last known active: May 2022
End of operations: Apr 11, 2024

Size

Mass: 120 kg
Dry mass: 100 kg
Length: 0.6 m
Diameter: 0.80 m
Span: 3.6 m

Launched together

UVSQ-SATSpace science · U Versailles SQ YUSAT-1Communications · NTOU CharlieSignals intelligence · Aurora Insight SOMP 2bEarth science · TU Dresden IDEASSatSpace science · NCU Capella-4Radar imaging · Capella Space Capella-3Radar imaging · Capella Space HAWK-2ASignals intelligence · HawkEye 360

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q140962074 (CC0).