Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - Cube
Japanese tethered nano-satellite which reentered in 2018
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Summary
Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - Cube is a tethered satellite[1]. It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: technology demonstration spacecraft[4], CubeSat[5], nanosatellite[6], former entity[7]
- Operator: Shizuoka University[8]
- Manufacturer: Shizuoka University[9]
- Space launch vehicle: H-IIB[10]
- Country of origin: Japan[11]
- Type of orbit: low Earth orbit[12]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: December 9, 2016[13]
- Time of object orbit decay: March 3, 2018[14]
- Significant event: rocket launch[15], deployment[16], atmospheric entry[17]
- Described at URL: http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/starsc.html[18]
- Start point: Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 2[19]
- Mass: 2.66 kg[20]
- Volume as quantity: 2 cubesat unit[21]