CUTE-1.7+APD II

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CUTE-1.7+APD II is classified as:

NORAD ID: 32785

Int'l Code: 2008-021C

Perigee: 553.5 km

Apogee: 566.9 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 95.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6931 km

RCS: 0.1017 m² (medium)

Launch date: April 28, 2008
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.475
Beacon (MHz): 437.275
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW*
Call sign: JQ1YTC
Status: Active

Uplink (MHz): 1267.600
Downlink (MHz): 437.475
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign: JQ1YTC
Status: Inactive

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.475
Beacon (MHz): 437.275
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW*
Call sign: JQ1YTC
Status: Active

Uplink (MHz): 1267.600
Downlink (MHz): 437.475
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign: JQ1YTC
Status: Inactive

This is a CubeSat. Cute 1.7 + APDII is a satellite created by students at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. This satellite will not only provide telemetry, it will also offer a 9600-baud packet store-and-forward message relay with an uplink at 1267.6 MHz and a downlink at 437.475 MHz.

1 32785U 08021C   25166.85719945  .00004120  00000-0  29859-3 0  9997
2 32785  97.7863 138.0664 0009610 181.0942 179.0264 15.04491332930021

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech