| Mission type | Technology |
|---|---|
| Operator | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| COSPAR ID | 2006-005C |
| SATCAT no. | 28941 |
| Mission duration | 0.2 years achieved |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 21, 2006, 21:28:00 UTC |
| Rocket | M-V |
| Launch site | Uchinoura |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | March 16, 2006 |
| Decay date | October 25, 2009 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 299 kilometres (186 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 712 kilometres (442 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.19 degrees |
| Period | 94.72 minutes |
| Epoch | 21 February 2006, 16:28:00 UTC[1] |
CUTE-1.7 + APD (Cubical Tokyo Tech Engineering satellite 1.7 plus Avalanche Photodiode)[2] or CO-56 (Cubesat-Oscar-56[3]) or just OSCAR 56 was an amateur radio satellite in the form of a double CubeSat. The satellite used commercial off-the-shelf components extensively, in particular, it used the Hitachi NPD-20JWL PDA as a control computer, and it used a USB hub for sensor communications. At the end of its mission, the satellite was supposed to deploy an electrodynamic tether to help it deorbit. The satellite failed early into its mission, so the electodynamic tether experiment probably did not happen. It was launched on February 21 2006 on board a Japanese launcher M-V.
On March 16, 2006, the communication system malfunctioned so that it was transmitting unmodulated carrier wave and unable to communicate.[4] The satellite decayed from orbit on 25 October 2009. A follow-up mission, CUTE-1.7 + APD II, was launched in April 2008 and remains operational.
See also
- List of CubeSats
References
- ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Cute-1.7 + APD - プロジェクト概要 -". lss.mes.titech.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ "AMSAT News Service Bulletin 071.08". Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. 2006-03-12. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Cute-1.7 + APD - NEWS - Cute-1.7+APDの現状ついて
External links
- Official homepage
- Summary article
- Telemetry (in Czech)