Suisen (すいせん), also known asFukui Prefectural Satellite is an Earth observation satellite of the Fukui Satellite Technology & Research Association (FSTRA). It was developed mainly by companies withinFukui Prefecture, Japan. The satellite is named for Fukui's prefectural flower,narcissus.[1]
Suisen was developed by a consortium of seven companies, led bySeiren Co., Ltd., and includingAxelspace Corporation [ja]. Axelspace previously developed several small satellites, includingHodoyoshi 1 andRAPIS-1. Development of the Suisen satellite began in 2015.[1]
Residents of Fukui Prefecture were invited to suggest the name for the satellite, and on 10 November 2019, Suisen was revealed as the chosen name.[2] Fukui Prefecture has usedHometown tax to collect the project's cost.[3] According to Fukui Prefecture, Suisen is the first case in Japan for alocal government to lead a satellite project.[4][5]
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
