Hodoyoshi-2 (RISESat)

Japan

Int. spacecraft nº:

Japanese spacecraft nº: 259

Risesat= Rapid International Scientific Experiment Satellite.

Launch data:

Designation	43934 / 19003C
Launch date	18 Jan 2019 - 00:50 UT
Launch site	Uchinoura, LP-M
Launch vehicle	Epsilon CLPS
Mission	Technology, Earth observation
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	490 x 513 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.3°
Period	min

Launched together with: RAPIS 1 - MicroDragon - OrigamiSat-1 - Aoba-VELOX 4 - Nexus - ALE-1

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	University of Tokyo, RISESat consortium
Platform
Operator	University of Tokyo, RISESat consortium
Mass at launch	59 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	HPT, DOTCam, OOC, TriTel, Timepix, µMAG, VSOTA, DPD
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

Risesat (Rapid International Scientific Experiment Satellite), a 59 kg satellite from a consortium led by Tohoku Univ. carrying 8 international scientific payloads: imagers from Japan and Taiwan and space weather experiments from Budapest and Prague.

External links:

EoPortal.org Satellite description
Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR760), #14, #167, #242 - update: 13.10.19