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| Mission type | Amateur radio Artistic |
|---|---|
| Operator | ARTSAT |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-009F |
| SATCAT no. | 39577 |
| Website | artsat |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Launch mass | 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 February 2014, 18:37 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | H-IIA 202 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 2 September 2014 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 384 kilometres (239 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 396 kilometres (246 mi) |
| Inclination | 65 degrees |
| Period | 92.35 minutes |
| Epoch | 28 February 2014[2] |
The Interactive Satellite for Art and Design Experimental Research or INVADER, also known as Cubesat Oscar 77 (CO-77) and Artsat-1 is an artificial satellite for artistic experiments in space. The satellite was built by the University of Tokyo in collaboration with Tama Art University. It has a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas) and built around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite payload is an FM voice transmitter. Also, it includes low-resolution CMOS camera and thermochromic panels for artistic purposes.
It was launched into orbit by a H-IIA launch vehicle on 27 February 2014 as a sub-payload of GPM Core satellite. It reentered Earth's atmosphere on 2 September 2014.[3]
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "ARTSAT project". Facebook. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.