40298 - ASNARO-1

The ASNARO 1 (Advanced Satellite with New system Architecture for Observation) Project, formerly also known as SASKE (Small Advanced Satellite for Knowledge of Earth) and nicknamed Sasuke, started in JFY2008, established a next generation small satellite bus system based on open architecture technologies and manufacturing methodologies to drastically reduce the cost and the development period with adoption of up-to-date electronics technologies. The satellite bus system is has a building block style of subsystems with the Space Wire network, uses high performance COTS components, and improved verification test methods.

The first mission is Earth observation with high performance optical sensors whose resolution is expected to be less than 1 m from 400 km to 600 km orbit. The total mass of the spacecraft is approximately 400 kg. The spacecraft targets and takes user-requested images automatically with bus control system, and down link the data through high rate X-band advanced data transmission system.

The development of the spacecraft was completed by the end of JFY2010, and was originally planned to be launched in the year of 2011 on an Epsilon launch vehicle. Due to delays and the unavailability of the Epsilon, it was eventually launched in late 2014 on a Dnepr rocket.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2014-11-06
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Yasni, Russia