Cute-1.7 + APD Project
Small Satellite Project (SSP), Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Cute-1.7+APD is the successor of the
CUTE-I nano-satellite,
developed and built by the second generation of students of the
Tokyo Institute of Technology Matunaga Laboratory for Space System (LSS).
The Avalanche Photo Diode sensor module, or APD, embarked on this 20cmx10cmx10cm nano-satellite was also developed by the
Tokyo Institute of Technology Kawai Laboratory.
"Cute-1.7+APD"-#1 is scheduled for placement into orbit as a subpayload of the
JAXA M-V-#8 Rocket
in February 2006. The separation mechanism for release in orbit was also developed at the
Tokyo Institute of Technology Matunaga Laboratory for Space System.
It is based on the TSD(Tokyo-Tech Separation System Demonstration)
experiment regarding CUTE-I.
