SEEDS-2

SEEDS-2
Mission type	Technology Development ; Sensor experiments
Operator	Nihon University
COSPAR ID	2008-021J
SATCAT no.	32791
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Launch mass	1 kilogram (2.2 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	28 April 2008, 03:53:51 UTC
Rocket	PSLV C9
Launch site	Satish Dhawan SLP
Contractor	ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2 ^[1] ( SEEDS-2 ) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite , built and operated by Nihon University . It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation , aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. ^[2] It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.

It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators. ^[3]

References [ edit ]

^ Kramer, Herbert J. "SEEDS-2" . eoPortal Directory. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .
^ "Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites" . AFP. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .
^ "Report of the launch of SEEDS II" (PDF) . Nihon University. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .

External links [ edit ]

SEEDS II web page

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[EOP-1] Kramer, Herbert J. "SEEDS-2" . eoPortal Directory. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .

[AFP-PSLVC9-2] "Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites" . AFP. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .

[LR-3] "Report of the launch of SEEDS II" (PDF) . Nihon University. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008 . Retrieved 19 October 2008 .

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