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SEEDS-2

Mission type	Technology Development Sensor experiments
Operator	Nihon University
COSPAR ID	2008-021J
SATCAT no.	32791
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Launch mass	1 kilogram (2.2 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	28 April 2008, 03:53:51 (2008-04-28UTC03:53:51Z) UTC
Rocket	PSLV C9
Launch site	Satish Dhawan SLP
Contractor	ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2 (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.

It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.

See also

• AAUSAT-II
• COMPASS-1
• CUTE-1.7
• Delfi-C3
• List of CubeSats

References

1. Kramer, Herbert J. "SEEDS-2". eoPortal Directory. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
2. "Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites". AFP. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
3. "Report of the launch of SEEDS II" (PDF). Nihon University. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

External links

• SEEDS II web page

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