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]
 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
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- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan (24 October 2012). "Issue 669". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "WE WISH" Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Aerospace.org Retrieved 25 August 2015
- ^ a b "WE WISH" Space.skyrocket.de Retrieved 12 January 2021
- ^ "Tag Archives: WE WISH" Amsat-uk.org Retrieved 13 January 2021
- ^ "2011年6月15日 ISSからの小型衛星放出実証ミッションに採択されました". Institute for Education in Space. 15 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ 大塚実 (25 January 2012). "JAXA、宇宙ステーションから超小型衛星を放出できる装置をプレス公開" (in Japanese). mynavi.jp. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Display: WE WISH 2012-038F". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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