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KKS-1 (KISEKI)

Catalog number: 33499
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational.

A 150mm 3kg cubesat to demonstrate micro thruster attitude control, also three dimensional small reaction wheels. Will include camera, telemetry and a message relay service for amateurs. Downlink on 70cm with uplinks on 2m. The goal is to perform a demonstration of the micro cluster and three axis attitude control functions.

KKS-1 is a 3 kg cubesat and was launched together with 6 other satellites piggyback on GOSAT. It is a small, educational technology satellite built by the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology. Its purpose is to conduct experiments on micro-thrusters and on 3-axis attitude control. In addition it will take land images. KKS-1 includes an amateur radio payload comprised of a CW beacon on 437.385 MHz using the callsign JQ1YYYand of a 1200bd AFSK AX-25 downlink on 437.445 MHz. The CW beacon signal transmitting the message ""HELLO THIS IS KKS-1" was recorded on January 30th 2009 at 00:34 UTC by Paulo CT1ETE.

[01232009]437.387000,0,437.445,CW-N,CW-N