WE WISH

WE WISH (World Environmental Watching and Investigation from Space Height) was a small commercial CubeSat which was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2012 and which deorbited in March 2013.^[4] It was built by the Japanese technology company Meisei Electric^[5] and the Meisei Amateur Radio Club, and could transmit pictures taken by a small infrared camera via radio at 437.515 MHz.^[6] WE WISH travelled to orbit aboard Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) on 21 July 2012, along with other CubeSats including RAIKO, FITSAT-1, F-1, and TechEdSat-1.^[5]

WE WISH

A collection of CubeSats at Tsukuba Space Center prior to their launch in 2012, with WE WISH visible on the far left
Mission type	Technology demonstration Amateur radio Earth observation
Operator	Meisei Amateur Radio Club
COSPAR ID	2012-038F (1998-067CS)
SATCAT no.	38856
Mission duration	158 days (achieved) 100 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Bus	CubeSat
Manufacturer	Meisei Electric Meisei Amateur Radio Club
Launch mass	1 kg (2.2 lb)
Dimensions	10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (1U)
Start of mission
Launch date	21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC[1]
Rocket	H-IIB F3
Launch site	Tanegashima, Yoshinobu LC-Y2
Contractor	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Deployed from	ISS Kibō Delivered by Kounotori 3
Deployment date	4 October 2012, 15:44:15.297 UTC [2]
End of mission
Decay date	11 March 2013
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[3]
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	399 km (248 mi)
Apogee altitude	424 km (263 mi)
Inclination	51.6°
Period	92.79 minutes

It was deployed, along with the other CubeSats, from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibō via the Japanese Experiment Module-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) system on 4 October 2012.^[7][8][9]

References

• Spaceflight portal

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