SDS-1

SDS -1 (Small Demonstration Satellite ) is a Japanese satellite. It was launched on 23 January 2009 at 3:54 UTC clock along with GOSAT on an H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Station.

Mission

SDS -1 was developed as a test satellite to satellite technologies and processes for the development and satellite construction to check and optimize them.

Instruments

The following instruments and experiments were installed in SDS -1:

Milestones

On 27 January 2009, the Japanese space agency JAXA announced that the " critical period " is over, that is, the satellite had reached its final orbit, the solar panels were deployed and the communication has been successfully established.