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Kashiwa [Chiba Institute of Technology]
Kashiwa is an CubeSat (1U) built by the Chiba Institute of Technology as an educational mission with cameras and amateur radio payloads.
It was launched in March 2024 onboard of Dragon CRS-30 to the ISS, where it was deployed on 11 April 2024 from the Kibo airlock.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Education |
| Operator: | Chiba Institute of Technology |
| Contractors: | Chiba Institute of Technology |
| Equipment: | Cameras |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | ~ 6 months |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kashiwa | 1998-067WH | 21.03.2024 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Dragon CRS-30, Burstcube, HyTI, SNoOPI, Big Red Sat 1, CURTIS, MicroOrbiter 1, Killick 1, QMSat, VIOLET |
Launch Sites:
- CCK = NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
