The Japanese amateur radio satellite PROITERES is planned to launch Sunday, September 9 at 0421 UT from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satish Dhawan space centre.
The satellite SPOT6 was on the same launch into a 695 km × 695 km, 98.2º inclination orbit. The rocket was fitted with the mini Redundant Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (mRESINS).
PROITERES was built by a team of students and faculty members of Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) and the spacecraft aims to demonstrate powered flight using a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) engine.