CIT-GARDENsChiba Institute of Technology CubeSat Program
SAKURA logo

GARDENs No.3 3rd cohort

SAKURAcherry blossom

Sakura-tan
STATUS
Mission ended
CALLSIGN
JS1YNI
VHF
145.825 MHz
UHF
437.375 MHz
LAST EVENT
Mission ended 2024.11.29

Specs

Specs

Specs of SAKURA

Item Value
Size 1U CubeSat
Bus BIRDS-derived bus
Callsign JS1YNI
Payload Earth CAM / Sun CAM / photodiode
Camera controller Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
Development start July 2022
Handover 2024-04-17
Launch 2024-08-05, Falcon 9 / Cygnus NG-21
Deployment 2024-08-29, ISS Kibo J-SSOD #31
Re-entry 2024-11-29
NORAD ID 60954

The callsign right after deployment is siXXXX X is variable; it then switches to JS1YNI

Environmental tests

Test Result
Thermal vacuum −15 ℃ / +55 ℃, 1.0 × 10⁻⁴ Pa
Thermal cycle −12.7 ℃ / +56.6 ℃
Vibration First resonance X 445 → 450 Hz, Y 780 Hz, Z 780 Hz
Antenna deployment, 20 times Deployment rate 90% or more, within 45 s
Deployment force 0.5 kgf, creep test load 1.96 kgf
Deployment and RF Test Deployed at 30 min 28 s, CW transmission at 30 min 27 s
Hot deployment 34 s, requirement 14 s or more