Nickname of Japanese Satellites

These are Amateur satellites and Earth observing satellites of JAXA.


Ajisai (EGS)        --- Hydrangea
Akari (ASTROF)      --- Light
Akatsuki (PLANET-C) --- Dawn
Akebono (EXOS-D)    --- The beginning
Cute (CO-55,56,65)  --- Cute
Daichi (ALOS)       --- Surface of the earth
Fuji (FO-12,20,29)  --- Mt. Fuji
Hayabusa (MUSES-C2) --- Falcon
Hayato (KSAT)       --- Hayato Satsuma in Kagoshima Japan
Hitomi (PRISM)      --- Eyes
Horyu (HORYU-2)     --- Big bird such as Dragon
Ibuki (GOSAT)       --- Breath
Kagayaki (KAGAYAKI) --- Brightness
Kaguya (SELENE)     --- Moon Princess
Kibo (KIBO)         --- Hope
Kiku (ETS-VIII)     --- Chrysanthemum
Kiseki (KKS-1)      --- Bright tide
Kizuna (WINDS)      --- Bond
Kodama (DRTS)       --- Echo
Komolebi (KOMOLEBI) --- Sunshine filtering through foliage
Kounotori (HTV3)    --- White stork
Kukai (STARS)       --- Sky and Sea
Maido (SOHLA-1)     --- Always thank you
Negai (NEGAI)       --- Wish
Niwaka (FITSAT-1)   --- Wordplay of the satire which is the traditional event in Fukuoka Japan
Raiko (RAIKO)       --- Drum of the Thunder
Rising (RAISING-2)  --- God of the Thunder
Seeds (CO-66)       --- Space Engineering EDucational Satellite
Shin_en (UNITEC-1)  --- Deep space
Shizuku (GCOM-W1)   --- Drop of the water
Sprout (SPROUT)     --- SPace Research On Unique Technology
Suzaku (ASTRO-EII)  --- God of the south
Tsubame (TSUBAME)   --- Swallow
Uniform (UNIFORM)   --- UNiversity International FORmation Mission
Xi (CO-57,58)       --- X-factor Investigator
Yui (ITF-1)         --- Connection with the person


http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm
http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/index_e.html
http://www.jarl.or.jp/Japanese/7_Technical/cubesat/cubesat.htm

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