CUTE 1 [LSS]
Official name CUTE-1
Alternative name Cute-I
Cospar ID 2003-031E
Norad ID 27844
Launch date 2003-06-30
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Rokot-KM
Country/Organization Japan
Type application Technology
Operator Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 101.18
Inclination (deg) 98.68
Perigee (km) 808
Apogee (km) 821
Eccentricity 0.00798035604665439
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.2320616722672
Semi-Major axis (km) 7192.635
Raan (deg) 139.104
Arg of perigee (deg) 251.5918
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The CUTE 1 (Cubical TITech Engineering Satellite) will conduct the following three missions.

  • Communication Mission
    - Continuous transmission of CW-Telemetry by CW-transmitter (As a beacon)
    - Transmittion of FM-Telemetry including payload data by two different protocols
      - Ax.25 protocol
      - SRLL(Simple Radio Link Layer) protocol
    - Change the two communication protocols by uplink command from ground station
    Sensing Mission
    CUTE-I has some various sensors: thermometers, accelerometers, gyros and sun sensor, and so on. Measuring temperature, acceleration, and angular velocity of CUTE-I on orbit, we will obtain the satellite condition data in space environment.
  • Deployment Mission
    CUTE-I has a deployable solar cell paddle that can be deployed by a command uplink to verify whether or not the deployment mechanism operate well in the space.

CUTE 1.7 is a follow-on model to precede the more sophisticated CUTE 2.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CUTE-1 2003-031E 2003-06-30 PKMTR Rokot-KM with MOST, MIMOSA, CanX 1, AAU-Cubesat, DTUSat, XI-IV, QuakeSat, Monitor-E GVM