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|Launch = 03:53:51 [[GMT]], 28 April 2008
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The '''Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2'''<ref name="EOP">{{cite web|url=http://directory.eoportal.org/get_announce.php?an_id=10000452|title=SEEDS-2|last=Kramer|first=Herbert J|publisher=eoPortal Directory|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> ('''SEEDS-2''') is a [[Japan]]ese amateur [[CubeSat]] [[picosatellite]], built and operated by [[Nihon University]]. It was launched by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]], aboard a [[PSLV]] rocket, on 28 April 2008.<ref name="AFP-PSLVC9">{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivr_ZCshK_rTlcDIe5g2vXBzkOQQ|title=Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites|date=2008-03-28|publisher=AFP|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> It was built to replace the [[SEEDS (satellite)|SEEDS]] satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a [[Dnepr rocket]] in July [[2006]].
The '''Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2'''<ref name="EOP">{{cite web|url=http://directory.eoportal.org/get_announce.php?an_id=10000452|title=SEEDS-2|last=Kramer|first=Herbert J|publisher=eoPortal Directory|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> ('''SEEDS-2''') is a [[Japan]]ese amateur [[CubeSat]] [[picosatellite]], built and operated by [[Nihon University]]. It was launched by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]], aboard a [[PSLV]] rocket, on 28 April 2008.<ref name="AFP-PSLVC9">{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivr_ZCshK_rTlcDIe5g2vXBzkOQQ|title=Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites|date=2008-03-28|publisher=AFP|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> It was built to replace the [[SEEDS (satellite)|SEEDS]] satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a [[Dnepr rocket]] in July [[2006]].


It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.<ref name="LR">{{cite web|url=http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/Pressrelease/SEEDS2_launch_report_eng.pdf|title=Report of the launch of SEEDS II|date=2008-04-28|publisher=Nihon University|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref>
It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.<ref name="LR">{{cite web|url=http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/Pressrelease/SEEDS2_launch_report_eng.pdf|title=Report of the launch of SEEDS II|date=2008-04-28|publisher=Nihon University|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref>
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Revision as of 20:21, 10 May 2010

Template:Infobox Spacecraft The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2[1] (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008.[2] It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.

It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kramer, Herbert J. "SEEDS-2". eoPortal Directory. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  2. ^ "Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites". AFP. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  3. ^ "Report of the launch of SEEDS II" (PDF). Nihon University. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-10-19.


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