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| Mission type | Technology | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | UNISEC | ||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2010-020F | ||||||
| SATCAT no. | 36578 | ||||||
| Website | UNITEC-1 | ||||||
| Mission duration | 1 day (expected: at least 6–7 months) | ||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||
| Manufacturer | UNISEC | ||||||
| Launch mass | 20 kilograms (44 lb)[1] | ||||||
| Dimensions | 35 cm × 30 cm × 30 cm | ||||||
| Power | 25 W from Solar cells | ||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||
| Launch date | 20 May 2010, 21:58:22 | ||||||
| Rocket | H-IIA 202 | ||||||
| Launch site | Tanegashima LA-Y | ||||||
| End of mission | |||||||
| Last contact | 21 May 2010 | ||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||
| Reference system | Heliocentric orbit | ||||||
| Perihelion altitude | 0.915 AU | ||||||
| Aphelion altitude | 1.089 AU | ||||||
| Inclination | 6.8° | ||||||
| Flyby of Venus | |||||||
| Closest approach | Intended: December 2010 | ||||||
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Shin'en,[2] known before launch as UNITEC-1 or UNISEC Technology Experiment Carrier 1, is a Japanese student spacecraft which was intended to make a flyby of Venus in order to study the effects of interplanetary spaceflight on spacecraft computers. In doing so, it was intended to become the first student-built spacecraft to operate beyond geocentric orbit. It was operated by University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC), a collaboration between several Japanese universities.
It was launched on 20 May 2010 and contact was lost shortly after.[3][4]
- ^ "金星への相乗り衛星「UNITEC-1」" (pdf) (in Japanese). UNISEC. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "UNITEC-1 News" (in Japanese). UNISEC. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent".
- ^ "UNITEC-1 Operation Center".