RAISE-2 explained

RAISE-2
Names List:RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2
Mission Type:Technology demonstration
Operator:JAXA
Cospar Id:2021-102A
Mission Duration:Planned: 12 months
Final:
Manufacturer:Mitsubishi Electric
Power:215 watts
Launch Date:9 November 2021, 00:55 UTC
Launch Rocket:Epsilon (No. 5)
Launch Site:Uchinoura Space Center
Launch Contractor:JAXA
Entered Service:10 November 2021
Disposal Type:Decommissioned
Deactivated:7 April 2023[1]
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Sun-synchronous orbit
Orbit Inclination:97.6°
Apsis:gee
Programme:Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program
Previous Mission:RAPIS-1
Next Mission:RAISE-3

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] [3] RAISE-2 was developed by Mitsubishi Electric.[4]

RAISE-2 was decommissioned on 7 April 2023.

Instruments

RAISE-2 carried six payloads that were tested in orbit during its one year mission. The payloads were selected in December 2018.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2023/04/20230407-1_j.html . Japanese . ja:小型実証衛星2号機(RAISE-2)の運用終了について . JAXA . 7 April 2023 . 7 April 2023.
  2. Web site: https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2021/11/20211109-1_j.html . ja: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 . Japanese. JAXA. 9 November 2021. 9 November 2021.
  3. News: Otsuka. Minoru. August 24, 2021. 9機の革新衛星は宇宙で何を実証する? イプシロン5号機で10月に打ち上げへ. Japanese. Mynavi News. 2021-09-14.
  4. Web site: 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. JAXA. 2021-10-01. ja.
  5. Web site: 「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. JAXA. 12 December 2018. 2021-09-27. ja.
  6. Web site: 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. ja. JAXA. 2021-10-01.