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FITSat 1 [FIT]
FITSat 1 (or Niwaka) is a 1U-Cubesat built by Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT).
The mission is to demonstrate a high-speed transmission module for a small satellite and a visible light communication experiment by high power LEDs.
FITSat 1 was launched on board of HTV 3 to the International Space Station, from where it was deployed on October 4th 2012. It reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 4 July 2013.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Fukuoka Institute of Technology |
| Contractors: | Fukuoka Institute of Technology |
| Equipment: | LED communications payload |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 2 kg |
| Orbit: | 402 km × 422 km, 51.65 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITSat 1 (Niwaka) | 1998-067CP | 21.07.2012 | Ta YLP-2 | H-2B-304 | with HTV 3 (Kounotori 3), SCaN-Testbed, MCE, Raiko, WE WISH, F 1, TechEdSat 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
References:
- FIT: FITSAT 1
