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

RAISE-2

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°
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program ← RAPIS-1 RAISE-3 →

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

• Spaceflight portal

• MDS-1

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "「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.
6. "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.