SEEDS

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SEEDS is classified as:

CubeSats
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 32791

Int'l Code: 2008-021J

Perigee: 594.1 km

Apogee: 610.6 km

Inclination: 97.5 °

Period: 96.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6973 km

RCS: 0.049 m² (small)

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

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.485
Beacon (MHz): 437.485
Mode: 1k2AFSK CW DigiTalker
Call sign: JQ1YGU
Status: Active

This is a CubeSat satellite. The SEEDS satellite is designed and built by students at Japan's Nihon University. When fully operational, SEEDS will download telemetry in Morse code and 1200-baud FM AFSK packet radio at 437.485 MHz. The satellite also has Slow-Scan TV (SSTV) capability.

1 32791U 08021J   19263.53456761  .00000181  00000-0  23694-4 0  9999
2 32791  97.5310 264.9060 0011797 287.8676  72.1256 14.90869919618098

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech