SpaceTuna 1 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Name	SpaceTuna 1 (SpaceTuna1, Space Tuna No. 1)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	1U
Status	Reentry 2023-05-16. No signal? (May be the wrong object and unable to find confirmed successful signal reception reports as of 2022-12-20)
Launched	2022-11-07
NORAD ID	54534
Deployer	J-SSOD (JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher	Antares (NG-18) (MDS-2)
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2022-12-02
Entity name	Kindai University
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Headquarters	Japan
Launch brokerer	JAXA, Spaceflight
Oneliner	Investigate the performance of retroreflective materials in space by using the satellite.
Description	For this research project, retroreflective material is mounted on the CubeSat, and the reflection characteristics are observed by irradiating a laser from the ground. The CubeSat is also equipped with blue LEDs so that it can be observed from a telescope on the ground. The mission period is a half a year. Spaceflight Inc. will be taking the university’s payload to space as part of the MDS-2 mission, second mission with Mitsui Deployment Service (MDS). Kindai University contracted through Spaceflight to secure the launch, and together worked with MBA (Mitsui Bussan Aerospace) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to deliver the SpaceTuna1 payload to JAXA where it was integrated into J-SSOD-R, the deployment dispenser.
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On the same launch	PearlAfricaSat-1 TAKA ZimSat-1 SpaceTuna 1

Last modified: 2023-06-09