SPROUT

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SPROUT is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 39770

Int'l Code: 2014-029E

Perigee: 603.4 km

Apogee: 617.3 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6981 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 24, 2014
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.525
Beacon (MHz): 437.525
Mode: 1k2AFSK 9k6GMSK CW
Call sign: JQ1ZJQ
Status: Active

Uplink (MHz): 437.600
Downlink (MHz): 437.600
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: Digipeater Digitalker SSTV
Call sign:
Status: Active

SPROUT is a nanosatellite demonstration mission of Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan. The prime objective is to test the deployment of a combined membrane structure (1.5m-sided triangular membrane supported with two space-inflatable tubes) and 3-axes attitude control technology. A further goal of the mission is to perform the demonstration experiment of the ADCS (Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem) of a nanosatellite with a large membrane structure by using in-house manufactured magnetic torquers and COTS sensors.

1 39770U 14029E   21109.04686525  .00000920  00000-0  10542-3 0  9997
2 39770  97.9093 220.3995 0009949  50.7623 309.4480 14.88317859374500

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech