HORYU-4 Satellite

HORYU-4
HORYU-4
HORYU-4
Name HORYU-4 (AEGIS, HORYU-IV)
Form factor Nanosatellite
Units or mass 10 kg
Status Semi-operational? Was operational until 2020-11-14? (Last SatNOGS report of sensible CW content from 2020-11-14. Some CW beacons may be continuing. Checked 2023-06-09)
Launched 2016-02-17
NORAD ID 41340
Deployer Custom
Launcher H-IIA (H2A)
Organisation Kyushu Institute of Technology
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Headquarters Japan
Launch brokerer JAXA, ?
Oneliner

Test experimental high-voltage solar array and observing corresponding spacecraft charging effects on the satellite.

Description

Horyu-4 is testing an experimental high-voltage solar array system and observing corresponding spacecraft charging effects on the satellite caused by the high voltage. The mission of Horyu-4 is to: acquire current waveform of arcing phenomena on high voltage solar array. Acquire image of arcing phenomena on high voltage solar array. Advance our knowledge on spacecraft charging. Contribute to reliability improvement of present space systems and realization of future high power space system.

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