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KKS-1 (KISEKI)
Japanese University CubeSat · Kagoshima University (Japan)
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KKS-1 (Kiseki), a compact Japanese technology demonstration satellite built by Kagoshima University and launched in 2009, testing miniaturized imaging and attitude control systems alongside an amateur radio payload — one of many small Japanese university satellites that collectively built up the country's now-substantial small-satellite engineering talent base.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 384–390 mi (618–628 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 97.0 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 33499
- Int’l designator
- 2009-002H
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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