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Tsubame

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:

  • on-orbit demonstration of newly developed Micro Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs),
  • polarized gamma-ray burst (GRB) observation using a Hard X-Ray Compton Polarimeter (HXCP) and Wide field Burst Monitors (WBMs) with high-speed attitude maneuvering using Micro-CMGs,
  • Earth observation with a small high-resolution optical camera.

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
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
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion:
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: 49 kg
Orbit: 504 km × 568 km, 97.47°
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Tsubame 2014-070E 06.11.2014 Do LC-370/13 Dnepr with ASNARO 1, ChubuSat 1, Hodoyoshi 1, QSAT-EOS

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