| Spacecraft name | HIT-Sat |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Nanosatellite |
| Units or mass | 2.7 kg |
| Status | Reentry 2008-06-18. Was operational until 2007-02-03, afterwards intermittent beacon. |
| Launched | 2006-09-22 |
| NORAD ID | 29484 |
| Deployer | Custom |
| Launcher | M-V (M-5) |
| Entity name | Hokkaido Institute of Technology |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | Japan |
| Launch brokerer | JAXA, ? |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies. |
| Description |
Demonstrate the performance of the HIT-Sat bus system on orbit. HIT-Sat is an engineering test CubeSat, which is being used as a scale model for a future “Hokkaido microsatellite” . |
| Sources | [1] [2] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
