Results of development and operation of Hodoyoshi type microsatellites for remote sensing

Microsatellites UNIFORM-1, Hodoyoshi-3 and -4 and Hodoyoshi-1 were successfully launched by H-IIA in May, by Dnepr in June and by Dnepr in November, 2014, respectively and have been operated in normal conditions. Hodyoshi-3, -4 and Hodoyoshi-1 have visible and near-infrared band with highest spatial resolution 6-7m with relatively larger swath width in 50-60kg class satellite in the world. UNIFORM has micro bolometer with thermal band to observe wild fire. UNIFORM has almost the same bass system as Hodoyoshi-3. In this paper, results of these satellites are presented.