The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2[1] (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008.[2] It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.
Mission type | Technology Development Sensor experiments |
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Operator | Nihon University |
COSPAR ID | 2008-021J ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 32791![]() |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Launch mass | 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 April 2008, 03:53:51 (2008-04-28UTC03:53:51Z) UTC |
Rocket | PSLV C9 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.[3]
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