Official name ASTERISC
Alternative name Asutarisuku
Cospar ID 2021-102A
Norad ID 49395
Launch date 2021-11-09
Launch site KSCUT
Launch vehicle Epsilon (2) CLPS
Country/Organization Japan
Type application Technology
Operator Chiba Institute of Technology
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.6
Inclination (deg) 97.44
Perigee (km) 493
Apogee (km) 506
Eccentricity 0.013013013013013
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.2219873150106
Semi-Major axis (km) 6877.635
Raan (deg) 182.9266
Arg of perigee (deg) 6.4937
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors Chiba Institute of Technology
Propulsion ?
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

ASTERISC is a 3U CubeSat mission by the Chiba Institute of Technology equipped with a large membrane-like dust sensor, which will be used for the observation and study of orbital dust.

It was launched on 9 November 2021 on an Epsilon (2) CLPS rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
ASTERISC 2021-102A 2021-11-09 KSCUT Epsilon (2) CLPS with RAISE 2, Hibari, Z-Sat, DRUMS, TeikyoSat 4, NanoDragon, KOSEN 1, ARICA