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PRISM

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PRISM
PRISM
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Japanese remote sensing picosatellite built by the University of Tokyo, with a 10-cm aperture Earth imager on a 1-meter deployable boom. Technology satellite for ISSL (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory) at the University of Tokyo (UT), Japan. Launched 2009.

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Country
Japan
Launch Vehicles
H-II, H-IIA 202
Launch Sites
Tanegashima
Bibliography
4

Chronology

1 event

2009 January 23

03:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 202.
  • PRISM - . Mass: 5.00 kg (11.00 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: Mitsubishi. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft: PRISM. USAF Sat Cat: 33493 . COSPAR: 2009-002B. Apogee: 641 km (398 mi). Perigee: 614 km (381 mi). Inclination: 98.00 deg. Period: 97.30 min. Remote sensing picosatellite built by the University of Tokyo, with a 10-cm aperture Earth imager on a 1-meter deployable boom..