Norad ID: 38853
| Spacetrack Directory Name | FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) |
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| Days in orbit | 5340 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Japonia (JPN) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
The main mission is the high-speed transmission of pictures by microwave of 5.8 GHz and the demonstration experiment of low-light-level optical communication by the LED between FITSAT-1 and the ground.