Official name OBJECT C
Cospar ID 1998-067WH
Norad ID 59508
Launch date 1998-11-20
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Japan
Type application Education
Operator Chiba Institute of Technology
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 92.52
Inclination (deg) 51.63
Perigee (km) 396
Apogee (km) 400
Eccentricity 0.0050251256281407
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.5642023346304
Semi-Major axis (km) 6776.135
Raan (deg) 144.3935
Arg of perigee (deg) 100.169
Lifetime ~ 6 months
Contractors Chiba Institute of Technology
Equipment Cameras
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Kashiwa is an CubeSat (1U) built by the Chiba Institute of Technology as an educational mission with cameras and amateur radio payloads.

It was launched in March 2024 onboard of Dragon CRS-30 to the ISS, where it was deployed on 11 April 2024 from the Kibo airlock.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OBJECT C 1998-067WH 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Dragon CRS-30, Burstcube, HyTI, SNoOPI, Big Red Sat 1, CURTIS, MicroOrbiter 1, Killick 1, QMSat, VIOLET