Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
CUTE-1.7 + APD II or CUTE-1.7+APD 2 is a Japanese nanosatellite which was launched in 2008 as a follow-up to the CUTE-1.7 + APD satellite. It was built and is operated by the Tokyo Institute of Technology.CUTE-1.7 + APD II used a similar design to its predecessor however it was stretched in height meaning that it no longer complied with the CubeSat form factor which the original satellite was based around.