SPROUT

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SPROUT is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 39770
Int'l Code: 2014-029E
Perigee: 607.4 km
Apogee: 622.1 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
Period: 96.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 6985 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: May 24, 2014
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)


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.

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1 39770U 14029E   18203.52034330  .00000537  00000-0  66179-4 0  9994
2 39770  97.8788 304.2768 0010542  91.6116 268.6315 14.86903429225614

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech