University of Tokyo CubeSat-I in the Prelaunch Status

Abstract

This paper describes the current status of the University of Tokyo's super-small satellite called "CubeSat". CubeSat project is the international joint program, which aims for developing and actually launching 10cm cubic satellites weighing less than 1kg to Low-Earth Orbit. University of Tokyo's CubeSat is a technology demonstration satellite to validate the pico-satellite bus system and the commercial-off-the shelf components in space as well as the Earth imaging mission. This paper shows the final design and current status of the satellite.