February 3, 2018 at 5:03 AM UTC
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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February 3, 2018 at 5:03 AM UTC
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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan · 31.2520, 131.0792
TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals. TRICOM-1R is a replacement for the failed SS-520-4 launch of TRICOM-1.
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SS-520ロケット5号機"TRICOM-1R" 打上げ / SS-520 Rocket F5 Nano Satellite "TRICOM-1R" Launch
Full video recordS-Series · 5
Height
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Diameter
0.5 m
LEO capacity
4 kg
Successful launches
1
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle. Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.
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