UNIFORM-1 or University International Formation Mission is a Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014.[2] The satellite is built around a wildfire detection camera and features the following instruments:[3][4]
| Mission type | Earth observation satellite |
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| Operator | Wakayama University |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-029B |
| SATCAT no. | 39767 |
| Website | UNIFORM-1 Page |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Dimensions | 50 cm × 50 cm × 50 cm (20 in × 20 in × 20 in)[1] |
| Power | 140W |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 24 May 2014; 8 years ago (2014-05-24) |
| Rocket | H-IIA 202 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima, LA-Y |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun Synchronous |
| Eccentricity | 0.0013 |
| Perigee altitude | 629.8 km |
| Apogee altitude | 647.4 km |
| Inclination | 97.9 |
| Period | 97.5 min |
| Transponders | |
| Band | S band and X band |
All instruments are powered by solar cells mounted on the spacecraft body and stub wings, with estimated electrical power of over 100W.
UNIFORM-1 was launched from Tanegashima, Japan, on 24 May 2014 at 03:05:00 UTC by an H-IIA 202.[5]
The satellite is intended for wildfire detection, especially in the south-east Asia region.[6] The satellite has a less accurate infrared sensor compared to other infrared satellites, but an envisioned constellation of UNIFORM satellites would allow for a short revisit time at the fraction of the cost of the Landsat 7 or MODIS satellites. Mission data is down-linked in S-band and X-band, while control up-link is S-band only.[4]
The Wakayama University and JAXA has refused to publish data and/or information which are not officially published.
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| August | USA-256 – AsiaSat 8 – Yaogan 20 A, B, C – WorldView-3 – Gaofen 2 · Heweliusz – Galileo FOC-1 · Galileo FOC-2 |
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| 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 |
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