KITSUNE

KITSUNE
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
OperatorHAK Consortium
COSPAR ID1998-067TK Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.52148
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeCubeSat
Start of mission
Launch date19 February 2022
RocketAntares 230+
Launch siteMARS, Pad 0A
Deployed fromISS Kibō
Deployment date24 March 2022
End of mission
Decay date14 March 2023[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth

KITSUNE (Kyutech standardized bus Imaging Technology System Utilizing Networking and Electron content measurements) was a nanosatellite developed by the HAK consortium, which consists of Haradaseiki Kogyo, Addnics Corporation, and Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech).[2] The spacecraft was a 6U CubeSat, and carried a high-resolution camera for Earth observation.[3] KITSUNE was carried to the International Space Station (ISS) on board Cygnus NG-17, and was deployed from the ISS's Kibō Module on 24 March 2022 12:10 UTC.[2] The deployment service of KITSUNE was provided by Mitsui Bussan Aerospace.[2][4]

  1. ^ "KITSUNE". N2YO.com. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "国際宇宙ステーション・日本実験棟「きぼう」からの超小型衛星放出事業初のワイド6Uサイズ超小型衛星のJAXAへの引渡し完了及び打上げ予定について" (in Japanese). February 15, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ Oshiro, Takashi (2020). "高分解能カメラ搭載6U衛星「KITSUNE」の熱設計" (PDF) (in Japanese). Kyushu Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ^ "History of deployed CubeSats". JAXA. Retrieved 2021-12-28.