SSP (from onboard camera) [JAXA]
The SSSat (Solarsail Subpayload Satellite, soraseiru sabupeiro-do) was an experimental 15-meter diameter solar sail, based on the experience of the earlier S-310-34 suborbital mission. The solar sail experiment was mounted on the third stage of the M-5 launch vehicle instead of balast and was to deploy after the primary and piggy-back satellites were jettisoned.
It was launched in February 2007 and was deployed from the stage at 2146 UTC but opened only incompletely.
A reflight in September 2007 was successful.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | JAXA |
Contractors: | JAXA |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | Solar sail on rocket stage |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Batteries |
Lifetime: | ? |
Mass: | |
Orbit: |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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S-310-34 Solar Sail 1 | N/A | 09.08.2004 | Ka LP-KS | * | S-310 | with S-310-34 Solar Sail 2 |
SSSat 1 (SSP 1) | 2006-005D ? | 21.02.2006 | Ka LP-M | M-5 (2) | with Astro F, CUTE 1.7 + APD | |
SSSat 2 (SSP 2) | 2006-041D | 22.09.2006 | Ka LP-M | M-5 (2) | with Solar B, HITSAT 1 |