RAISE-2
RAISE-2 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2) was a smallsat for technology demonstration, part of the Japanese space agency JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program. RAISE-2 was launched on 9 November 2021 as the main satellite of Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2.[2] RAISE-2 was developed by Mitsubishi Electric.[4]
Names | RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2 |
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Mission type | Technology demonstration |
Operator | JAXA |
COSPAR ID | 2021-102A |
SATCAT no. | 49395 |
Mission duration | Planned: 12 months Final: 1 year, 4 months, 29 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
Launch mass | 110 kg (240 lb) |
Dimensions | 1 × 1 × 0.75 m (3 ft 3 in × 3 ft 3 in × 2 ft 6 in) |
Power | 215 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 November 2021, 00:55 UTC |
Rocket | Epsilon (No. 5) |
Launch site | Uchinoura Space Center |
Contractor | JAXA |
Entered service | 10 November 2021 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Deactivated | 7 April 2023[1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
Perigee altitude | 560 km (350 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 560 km (350 mi) |
Inclination | 97.6° |
RAISE-2 was decommissioned on 7 April 2023.[1]
Instruments
RAISE-2 carried six payloads that were tested in orbit during its one year mission. The payloads were selected in December 2018.[5]
- SPR was developed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- I-FOG (In-orbit Demonstration of Closed-Loop Fiber Optic Gyro) was developed by Tamagawa Seiki Company
- ASC was developed by Amanogi Corporation
- 3D-ANT, a satellite antenna made by a 3D printer, was developed by Mitsubishi Electric[6]
- ATCD was developed by Tohoku University
- MARIN was developed by JAXA
See also
References
- 小型実証衛星2号機(RAISE-2)の運用終了について (in Japanese). JAXA. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- イプシロンロケット5号機による革新的衛星技術実証2号機の打上げ結果について [Innovative satellite technology demonstration by Epsilon rocket No. 5 About the launch result of No. 2] (in Japanese). JAXA. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- "プロジェクトの成功を支え、日本の宇宙産業に貢献したい" (in Japanese). JAXA. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- "「革新的衛星技術実証2号機のテーマ公募」選定結果について" (in Japanese). JAXA. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- "金属3Dプリンタで製作した衛星用アンテナを軌道上で実証し、衛星搭載機器の開発プロセスを確立する" (in Japanese). JAXA. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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