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QSAT-EOS

QSAT-EOS was launched on November 6, 2014 aboard a Dnepr from Yasny. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 3, 2023).

COSPAR 2014-070DNORAD 40301Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
Tsukushi
Common name
QSAT-EOS
Payload designation
QSAT-EOS
International designator
2014-070D
NORAD catalog number
40301
GCAT identifier
S40301
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/812

Mission

Mission type
Optical imaging
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
QPS
Owner
Kyushu U.
Country
Japan
Builder
Kyushu University
Platform (bus)
QSAT

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
504 km
Apogee
554 km
Inclination
97.47°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
December 3, 2023
Last known active
July 2015
End of operations
November 2016

Size

Mass
49 kg
Dry mass
49 kg
Length
0.5 m
Diameter
0.50 m
Span
0.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q22128695 (CC0).