Name

MOMIJI

Alternate Names

JS1YUN

Satellite ID

HPFC-9985-9069-3484-0022

NORAD ID

None

Website

https://cit-gardens.com/en/satellites/momiji/missions/

Country of Origin

Japan

Launch Date

2026-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Growing Advanced and Refined space Development Engineering succession and under the satellite (GARDENs-MOMIJI) is a 2U CubeSat developed under the GARDENs program at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. Several of these experiments are conducted in collaboration with research groups at the Chiba Institute of Technology, the College of Science and Technology in Bhutan, and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. This investigation demonstrates

1. Four Camera Experiments for Educational and Earth Observation Purposes 1.1. “Chibany’s Space Trip” Imaging Mission to Foster Scientific Curiosity in Children 1.2. Imaging of Residual Snow in the Tohoku Region for Pollen Dispersion Prediction 1.3. Technology Demonstration of an Earth-Pointing Imaging Mode for Monitoring Desertification in Greece 1.4. Earth Vegetation Imaging — Joint Mission with Bhutan

2. Image Downlink Services for Overseas Ground Stations

3. Environmental and Satellite-state Observations using Multiple onboard sensors in collaboration with the College of Science and Technology in Bhutan

4. New copper, indium, gallium, and selenide (CIGS) solar cells developed by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., a Japanese energy company

5. Multiple applications of the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) for satellite-based communication 5.1 Monitoring the Reeves’s Muntjac Population Using an APRS Remote Ground Station 5.2 Introduction of a New “APRS Chatbot” Mode to Promote Interest in Radio Communication Technology

6. New Schottky Barrier Diodes on Orbit in Collaboration with the Department of Space and Semiconductor Engineering at the Chiba Institute of Technology

7. The Temperature-data Interpolation Using Data Acquired on Orbit