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SDS-4

retired
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Orbit: LEOLaunched 5/17/2012
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
50 kg
Total Mass
50 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Manufacturer

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Launch Mission

GCOM-W1/KOMPSAT-3

5/17/2012

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

SDS-4 will be Sky Perfect JSAT’s first low-Earth orbit satellite, joining the company’s fleet of 17 geostationary spacecraft.

Mentioned as: SDS-4SourceAug 30, 2019

Sky Perfect JSAT operates 19 geostationary communications satellites and the SDS-4 experimental ship-tracking smallsat in low Earth orbit inherited from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Mentioned as: SDS-4SourceFeb 18, 2020