The amateur radio Slow Scan TV satellite
SPROUT (Space Research On Unique Technology), built by students from Nihon University, launches on May 24 at 0305 UT
SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass of 7.1 kg, will launch from the Tanegashima Space Center with ALOS-2 a L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite into a 654 km orbit.