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]
| Names | RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2 |
|---|---|
| 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
editRAISE-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
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References
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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.