// astronomy · 2014

TSUBAME

Microsatellite developed in Tokyo, Japan. TSUBAME was launched on November 6, 2014 aboard a Dnepr from Yasny. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 5, 2024).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Tsubame
Common name: TSUBAME
International designator: 2014-070E
NORAD catalog number: 40302
GCAT identifier: S40302
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/812

Mission

Mission type: Astronomy
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: TIT
Owner: TITech
Country: Japan
Builder: Tokyo Inst of Technology
Platform (bus): Tsubame

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: 568 km
Inclination: 97.47°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: November 5, 2024
Last known active: December 2014
End of operations: December 2014

Size

Mass: 43 kg
Dry mass: 43 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.40 m
Span: 1.2 m

Launched together

ASNARO 1Optical imaging · J-spacesystems Hodoyoshi 1Optical imaging · AXELSPACE ChubuSat 1Optical imaging · Nagoya QSAT-EOSOptical imaging · Kyushu U.

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18549906 (CC0).