Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 * 310 * 315 mm and mass is 7.1 kg. Launched into a Sun-Synchronous 680 km orbit with an inclination of 98.2°and operate on 437.325 MHz using either 20 wpm Morse Code or 1200 bps AX.25 GMSK.

According to the latest tle-new data HORYU-2 has got NORAD number #38240 and therefore it was object 2012-025D and not the B object instead of what many thought.