The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite, or OPUSAT was a technology demonstration

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built and operated by

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Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), also abbreviated to , used to be one of the largest public universities in Japan. The university merged with Osaka City University to form Osaka Metropolitan University in April 2022. History OPU was established in 2005 in its curren ...

. It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas and solar paddles) and build around a standard 1U

bus. The primary satellite purpose was the space testing of the power system based on a

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. The tests were largely successful, and it finished operation by reentry to Earth atmosphere on 24 July 2014. The OPUSAT was a development successor to “Maido Ichigo” satellite by East Osaka Craftmen Astro-Technology SOHLA in Osaka.

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Official Homepage

OPUSAT Packet Decoder

Description and block diagram of OPUSAT
Spacecraft launched in 2014 Spacecraft which reentered in 2014 2014 in Japan Satellites of Japan {{Japan-spacecraft-stub

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