CUTE-1.7+APDII Earth Movie #1 (C)Tokyo Institute of Technology Taken at 2008/07/17 00:02:14(UTC) Grand Station says: We release the movie taken by Cute-1.7 +APD II. The 1st movie of the Earth taken by the Tokyo Tech's nano-satellite Cute-1.7 + APD II. This movie was taken at an altitude of about 630km above Japan. The movie is very short. But, it is the 1st movie taken by 3 kg satellite in the world. From this movie, we could confirm that the satellite rotates at about 0.2 rad/s. We are planning to take pictures and movies continuously. So we're very happy if you cooperate in our operation. This movie was taken at 2008/07/17 00:02:14(UTC) CUTE-1.7+APDII Earth Movie #2 (C)Tokyo Institute of Technology Taken at 2008/08/28 01:38:45(UTC)
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