Tsubame [JAXA]
Tsubame is small satellite mission built by Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science and JAXA to measure polarization of hard X-ray photons (30-200 keV) from gamma-ray bursts using azimuthal angle anisotropy of Compton-scattered photons and to demonstrate new technologies.
The objectives of Tsubame are as follows:
Tsubame 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: | Astronomy, X-ray |
Operator: | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science and JAXA |
Contractors: | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science and JAXA |
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Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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Mass: | 49 kg |
Orbit: | 504 km × 568 km, 97.47° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Tsubame | 2014-070E | 06.11.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with ASNARO 1, ChubuSat 1, Hodoyoshi 1, QSAT-EOS |