KOSEN-1 is a technology demonstration satellite that will test the deployment of an antenna for observing radio waves emitted from the planet
Jupiter
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It is a 2U
CubeSat
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, and carries a antenna. The CubeSat was jointly developed by the
National Institute of Technologies in Japan.
National Institute of Technologies is known as 'kosen' in
Japanese
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. KOSEN-1 was launched on 9 November 2021 by an
Epsilon launch vehicle, as part of the
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 mission.
See also
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List of CubeSats
The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research missions, typically in low Earth orbits. Some CubeSats became Timeline of first satellites by country, their country's first national satellite. The ex ...
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KOSEN-1
{{Orbital launches in 2021
Satellites of Japan
Technology demonstration satellites
Spacecraft launched in 2021
2021 in Japan