SEEDS-2

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.

SEEDS-2

Mission type	Technology Development Sensor experiments
Operator	Nihon University
COSPAR ID	2008-021J
SATCAT no.	32791
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Launch mass	1 kilogram (2.2 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	28 April 2008, 03:53:51 (2008-04-28UTC03:53:51Z) UTC
Rocket	PSLV C9
Launch site	Satish Dhawan SLP
Contractor	ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

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

• AAUSAT-II
• COMPASS-1
• CUTE-1.7
• Delfi-C3
• List of CubeSats