QSAT-EOS [Kyushu University]
QSAT-EOS (Kyushu Satellite for Earth Observation System Demonstration) or Tsukushi is an earth-observing micro-satellite built by the Kyushu University.
QSAT-EOS was launched piggy-back with a larger satellite and three other small satellites on a Dnepr rocket from the Yasni (Dombarovsky) cosmodrome in late 2014.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology, Earth observation |
Operator: | Kyushu University |
Contractors: | Kyushu University |
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Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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Mass: | 49 kg |
Orbit: | 504 km × 554 km, 97.47° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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QSAT-EOS (Tsukushi) | 2014-070D | 06.11.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with ASNARO 1, ChubuSat 1, Hodoyoshi 1, Tsubame |