Official name SDS-1
Alternative name SDS 1
Cospar ID 2009-002F
Norad ID 33497
Launch date 2009-01-23
Launch site TNSTA
Launch vehicle H-2A-202
Country/Organization Japan
Type application Technology
Operator JAXA
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 97.71
Inclination (deg) 98.23
Perigee (km) 647
Apogee (km) 651
Eccentricity 0.00308166409861325
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.7374884863371
Semi-Major axis (km) 7027.135
Raan (deg) 34.992
Arg of perigee (deg) 82.687
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 100
Height (m) 0.7
Width (m) 0.6
Depth (m) 0.7
Span (m^2) 0.7
Power 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries

SDS 1 (Small Demonstration Satellite 1) is a small technology experiment satellite developed by JAXA. The ca. 100 kg satellite will demonstrate following technologies

  • MTP (Multi-mode integrated Transponder)
  • SWIM (SpaceWire demonstration Module)
  • AMI (Advanced Micro processing In-orbit experiment equipment)
  • TFC (Thin Film Solar Cell)
  • DOS (Small Dosimeter)
  • Small satellite bus technology experiment.
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SDS-1 2009-002F 2009-01-23 TNSTA H-2A-202 with GOSAT, SOHLA 1, SpriteSat, PRISM, Kagayaki, KKS 1, STARS 1