HORYU 4

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HORYU 4 is classified as:

Experimental
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 41340

Int'l Code: 2016-012D

Perigee: 427.7 km

Apogee: 434.9 km

Inclination: 31.0 °

Period: 93.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6802 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   25318.84648522  .00054648  00000-0  10205-2 0  9997
2 41340  30.9928 141.0207 0005298 313.2181  46.8025 15.47469189537221

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech