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° |
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← RAPIS-1
RAISE-3 →
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RAISE-2 was decommissioned on 7 April 2023.[1]
RAISE-2 carried six payloads that were tested in orbit during its one year mission. The payloads were selected in December 2018.[5]
