Hodoyoshi-4 is a Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is built in 0.5x0.6x0.7m box-shape bus, optimized for piggy-back launch. All instruments are powered by solar cells mounted on the spacecraft body and two stub wings, with estimated electrical power of 50W.[1] For orbit-keeping, a "miniature" (5 kg dry weight) ion thruster with specific impulse 1100s and operating power 20W is integrated into the body.[2] The satellite was developed under the Funding Program for World-Leading Innovation R&D on Science and Technology.[3]
Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | NESTRA |
COSPAR ID | 2014-033B |
SATCAT no. | 40011 |
Mission duration | 7 years, 11 months, 2 days (ongoing) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | University of Tokyo |
Launch mass | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19:11, June 19, 2014 (UTC) (2014-06-19T19:11Z) |
Rocket | Dnepr |
Launch site | Dombarovsky |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Perigee altitude | 620 km (390 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 620 km (390 mi) |
Inclination | 97.9° |
Hodoyoshi-4 was launched from Dombarovsky (air base) site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket. Two-side communication with Earth was successfully achieved at 2nd pass over ground station.
The satellite is intended primarily for technology verification in space, main test piece being Earth observation telescope with nominal 6.7m GSD at 650 km altitude.
Item | Value |
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GSD | 5-7m @ 600-650 km |
Type | Pushbroom scan |
Diameter | 150mm |
Focal Length | 1,000mm |
Swath | 24 km |
Format | Raw, 12bit |
Band | Blue: 0.45 um-0.52 um, Green: 0.52 um-0.60 um, Red: 0.63 um-0.69 um, NIR: 0.73 um-0.90 um |
Secondary mission is measurements of water level in rivers to monitor floods by using Store&Forward System.[5] Third mission is Hosted Payload. Hosted Payload mission consisted of 10 cm-cubic boxes on which users could install their own apparatuses for their own applications. Project members asked users in private partnership in order to explore new market of satellite utilization. One of the apparatuses was space message display system. Electronic message display was installed which operators could change characters on the display by sending commands from the ground station. Users can take photos of their messages with the view of the earth from the window.
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← 2013 · Orbital launches in 2014 · 2015 → | |
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January | |
February | Progress M-22M – ABS-2 · Athena-Fidus – Türksat 4A – USA-248 – GPM Core · Ginrei · KSAT-2 · INVADER · OPUSAT · STARS-II · TeikyoSat-3 · ITF-1 |
March | |
April | USA-249 – Sentinel-1A – IRNSS-1B – Progress M-23M – Ofek-10 – USA-250 – EgyptSat 2 – SpaceX CRS-3 · KickSat · PhoneSat 2.5 · ALL-STAR/THEIA · SporeSat · TestSat-Lite – Luch 5V · KazSat-3 – KazEOSat 1 |
May | Kosmos 2495 – Ekspress AM4R – USA-251 – USA-252 – Kosmos 2496 · Kosmos 2497 · Kosmos 2498 · Kosmos 2499 – ALOS-2 · Raijin-2 · UNIFORM-1 · SOCRATES · SPROUT – Eutelsat 3B – Soyuz TMA-13M |
June | Kosmos 2500 – Deimos-2 · KazEOSat 2 · Hodoyoshi 3 · Hodoyoshi 4 · AprizeSat 9, 10 · BRITE-Montreal · BRITE-Toronto · BugSat 1 · SaudiSat-4 · TabletSat-Aurora · UniSat-6 (AeroCube-6 · ANTELSAT · Lemur-1 · Tigrisat) · DTUSat-2 · Duchifat-1 · NanoSatC-Br 1 · PACE · Perseus-M × 2 · PolyITAN-1 · POPSAT-HIP-1 · QB50P1 · QB50P2 · Flock-1c × 11 – SPOT 7 · CanX-4 · CanX-5 · AISat · VELOX-I |
July | OCO-2 – Gonets-M No. 8, 9, 10 – Meteor-M 2 · AISSat-2 · DX-1 · Relek · SkySat-2 · TechDemoSat-1 · UKube-1 – O3b × 4 (FM3, FM6, FM7, FM8) – CRS Orb-2 (Flock-1b × 28 · TechEdSat-4) – Orbcomm-2 × 6 – Foton-M No.4 – Progress M-24M – USA-253 · USA-254 · USA-255 – Georges Lemaître ATV |
August | USA-256 – AsiaSat 8 – Yaogan 20 A, B, C – WorldView-3 – Gaofen 2 · Heweliusz – Galileo FOC-1 · Galileo FOC-2 |
September | Chuangxin 1-04 · Lingqiao – AsiaSat 6 – Yaogan 21 · Tiantuo 2 – MEASAT 3b · Optus 10 – USA-257 – SpaceX CRS-4 – Soyuz TMA-14M – Olimp-K – Shijian XI-07 |
October | Himawari 8 – IRNSS-1C – Intelsat 30 · ARSAT-1 – Yaogan 22 – Ekspress AM6 – Chang'e 5-T1 · 4M – Shijian 11-08 – Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (Arkyd-3 · Flock-1d × 26 · GOMX-2 · RACE) – Progress M-25M – USA-258 – Meridian 7 |
November | Sasuke · Hodoyoshi 1 · Kinshachi 1 · Tsukushi · TSUBAME – Yaogan 23 – Yaogan 24 – Kuaizhou 2 – Soyuz TMA-15M – Kosmos 2501 |
December | Hayabusa2 · PROCYON · Shinen 2 · DESPATCH – Orion EFT-1 – DirecTV-14 · GSAT-16 – CBERS-4 – Yaogan 25 A, B, C – USA-259 – Yamal-401 – O3b × 4 (FM9 to FM12) – Kondor-E No.2 – IPM – Kosmos 2502 – Resurs-P No.2 – Yaogan 26 – Astra 2G – Fengyun 2-08 |
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