32791 - SEEDS

SEEDS (Space Engineering EDucation Satellite) is a 3.0 kg Japanese nanosatellite built by the students at Nihon University. It will demonstrate the feasibility of downlinking spacecraft parameter data in CW transmission.

This is one of seven nanosatellites that were all launched by a PSLV-C9 rocket from Sriharikota at 03:54 UT on 2008 April 28. The orbital parameters of all seven were similar: period 97.2 min, apogee 634 km, perigee 616 km, and inclination 98 degrees.

Alternate Names

Space Engineering Education Satellite

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2008-04-28
Launch Vehicle: PSLV-CA
Launch Site: Sriharikota, India
Mass: 3.0 kg