RAISE-2

RAISE-2 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2) is 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.[1][2] RAISE-2 was developed by Mitsubishi Electric.[3]

RAISE-2
NamesRApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
OperatorJAXA
COSPAR ID2021-102A
SATCAT no.49395
Mission duration12 months (planned)
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerMitsubishi Electric
Launch mass110 kg (240 lb)
Dimensions1 × 1 × 0.75 m (3 ft 3 in × 3 ft 3 in × 2 ft 6 in)
Power215 watts
Start of mission
Launch date9 November 2021, 00:55 UTC
RocketEpsilon (No. 5)
Launch siteUchinoura Space Center
ContractorJAXA
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit (planned)
RegimeSun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude560 km (350 mi)
Apogee altitude560 km (350 mi)
Inclination97.6°
 

Instruments

RAISE-2 carries six payloads that will each be tested in orbit during its one year mission. The payloads were selected in December 2018.[4]

  • 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 is a satellite antenna made by a 3D printer, it was developed by Mitsubishi Electric[5]
  • ATCD was developed by Tohoku University
  • MARIN was developed by JAXA

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Otsuka, Minoru (24 August 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". Mynavi News (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. "「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.
  5. "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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