CubeSat

A CubeSat is a microsatellite which is made up of multiples of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm cubic size. The mass of one cube unit (called 1U) must be less than 1.33 kg.

Projects

AGU Remote Innovative CubeSat Alert System (ARICA)

ARICA is the 1U CubeSat to demonstrate the real-time alert system of the transient astronomical sources such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using two commercial satellite network devices. The ARICA has been selected as the JAXA Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 and scheduled to be launched in the Japanese fiscal year 2021.