SLATS

SLATS is no longer on orbit

NORAD ID: 43066
Int'l Code: 2017-082B
Launch date: December 23, 2017
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)
Decay date: 2019-10-01

SLATS (Super-Low Altitude Test Satellite) is a small Japanese satellite designed to be a technology demonstration mission that will test the use an ion engine to allow the satellite to operate in a very low orbit without re-entering the atmosphere. The satellite will be renamed Tsubame – meaning Swallow – after deployment.

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