CUTE-1

CUTE-1 (OSCAR 55)
Country:	Japan
COSPAR-ID :	2003-031E
Mission dates
Size:	10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
Begin:	June 30, 2003, 14:15 UTC
Starting place:	Plesetsk , Russia
Launcher:	Rockot / Bris-KM
Orbit data
Rotation time :	101.3 min
Orbit inclination :	98.7 °
Apogee height :	835 km
Perigee height :	820 km

CUTE-1 (also Cubesat- OSCAR 55 ) is a Japanese Cubesat satellite from the Tokyo University of Technology and is used to train students.

It was launched on June 30, 2003 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia along with eight other satellites.

communication

Data communication takes place in the 70 centimeter band with the Japanese callsign JQ1YCY. In addition to the usual AX.25 protocol , a specially developed Simple Radio Link Layer (SRLL) protocol is used, which is supposed to be more robust against interference on the radio channel.

See also

• CUTE (satellite)

literature

• Shinichi Nakasuka et al .: Evolution from education to practical use in University of Tokyo's nano-satellite activities. In: Acta Astronautica, 2010 (66), No. 7-8, pages 1099-1105.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Mike Rupprecht: CUBESAT OSCAR CO-55 (CUTE-I)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Path data according to CUTE-1. N2YO, May 8, 2014, accessed May 8, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Mike Rupprecht (DK3WN): CUBESAT OSCAR CO-55 (CUTE-I). Retrieved May 8, 2014 . 
3. ↑ SRLL (Simple Radio Link Layer). Lab for Space Systems (LSS), Tokyo Institute of Technology, April 15, 2004, accessed May 8, 2014 .