TeikyoSat-3

TeikyoSat-3
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Technology
Operator	Teikyo University
COSPAR ID	2014-009E
SATCAT no.	39576
Website	www.teikyo-u.ac.jp/affiliate/teikyosat/summary.html


Manufacturer	Teikyo University
Launch mass	20 kilograms (44 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	27 February 2014, 18:37 (2014-02-27UTC18:37Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	H-IIA 202
Launch site	Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1
Contractor	Mitsubishi


End of mission
Decay date	25 October 2014 (2014-10-26)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	384 kilometers (239 mi)
Apogee altitude	393 kilometers (244 mi)
Inclination	65 degrees
Period	92.32 minutes
Epoch	28 February 2014^[2]

TeikyoSat-3 was a technology demonstrator and microbiology microsatellite intended to research the slime mold life cycle in space. Specifically, the effects of ionizing radiation (20-30 Gy/year) are of special concern. The primary mission is expected to be finished in 10–20 days with the completion of first life cycle of slime mold in space, but mission can be extended to study evolutionary adaptations for a maximum of 1 year. Also, a novel thermal control system capable of keeping a stable (10 °C to 28 °C) temperature in small (20 kg) microsatellite bus is being tested. The satellite is made at Teikyo University (Japan) and has a size of 320x320x370mm. The microsatellite microbiology experimental platform is intended to address issues with cost and uncertain future of experiments based on International Space Station. TeikyoSat-3 also transmit its telemetry uncoded at 473.45 MHz, and any amateur radio operator is welcome to share downlink data.

References

^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

Eoportal.org Gunters space TeikyoSat-3 page
Development team page (Japanese)

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January

GSAT-14
Thaicom 6
CRS Orb-1 (Flock-1 × 28, ArduSat-2, Lituanica SAT-1, LitSat-1, SkyCube, UAPSat-1)
TDRS-L

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

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 / GLONASS-M 755
AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, BRITE-Montreal, BRITE-Toronto, BugSat 1, Deimos-2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, KazEOSat 2, Perseus-M1, Perseus-M2, SaudiSat-4, TabletSat-Aurora, UniSat-6 (Lemur-1, Tigrisat), Flock-1c × 11
SPOT 7, CanX-4, CanX-5

July

OCO-2
Gonets-M × 3
Meteor-M No.2
O3b × 4
CRS Orb-2 (Flock-1b × 28, TechEdSat-4)
Orbcomm-OG2 × 6
Foton-M No.4
Progress M-24M
USA-253 / GSSAP 1, USA-254 / GSSAP 2, USA-255 / ANGELS
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
ARSAT-1, Intelsat 30
Yaogan 22
Ekspress AM6
Chang'e 5-T1, 4M
Shijian 11-08
Cygnus CRS Orb-3† (Arkyd-3†, Flock-1d × 26†)
Progress M-25M
USA-258 / GPS IIF 8
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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