HORYU 4

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HORYU 4 is classified as:

Experimental
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 41340

Int'l Code: 2016-012D

Perigee: 555.0 km

Apogee: 573.3 km

Inclination: 31.0 °

Period: 95.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6935 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 17, 2016
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.375/2400.300
Beacon (MHz): 437.375
Mode: 1k2 AFSK 9k6 GMSK S-BPSK CW
Call sign: JG6YBW
Status: Active

HORYU 4 is a small technology demonstration from the Kyushu Institute of Technology designed to study elecrical arcing on high power solar arrays. It also carries a telemetry system operating in an amateur radio band. It is also known as the Arc Event Generator and Investigation Satellite (AEGIS).

1 41340U 16012D   22148.25311102  .00004330  00000-0  30571-3 0  9993
2 41340  31.0032 128.1215 0013150 358.2743   1.7847 15.03214703344683

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech