ITF-1
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = ITF-1
| image =
| image_caption =
| insignia =
| mission_type = Amateur radio
| operator = Tsukuba University
| website = [http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?lang=en yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp]
| COSPAR_ID = 2014-009B
| SATCAT = 39573
| mission_duration =
| spacecraft_type = 1U CubeSat
| manufacturer = Tsukuba University
| launch_mass = {{convert|1.3|kg|lb}}
| power =
| launch_date = {{start-date|27 February 2014, 18:37|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=1 January 2015}}
| launch_rocket = H-IIA 202
| launch_site = Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1
| launch_contractor = Mitsubishi
| decay_date = {{end-date|29 June 2014}}
| orbit_epoch = 28 February 2014{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=1 January 2015}}
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|382|km|mi}}
| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|391|km|mi}}
| orbit_inclination = 65 degrees
| orbit_period = 92.28 minutes
| apsis = gee
}}
ITF-1, also known as Yui, was an amateur radio cubesat built by Tsukuba University of Japan.
It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antenna) and was built around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The satellite's primary purpose was the raising awareness of space by providing an easily decoded signal to amateur radio receivers. ITF-1's mission was unsuccessful; no signal from the spacecraft was ever received, and it reentered Earth's atmosphere on 29 June 2014.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/ Project page]
- [http://amsat-uk.org/tag/itf-1/ ITF-1 page on Amsat - amateur radio community]
- [http://www.dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_itf.shtml Orbital data of ITF-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416092703/http://www.dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_itf.shtml |date=2014-04-16 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140405074814/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ift-1.htm Gunters space page on ITF-1]
{{Orbital launches in 2014}}
Category:Spacecraft launched in 2014
Category:Spacecraft which reentered in 2014
Category:Amateur radio satellites
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