Solar B

Japan/USA

Spacecraft n°:

Japanese satellite n°: 133

Also called Hinode

Launch data:

Designation	29479 / 06041A
Launch date	22 Sep 2006 - 21:36 UT
Launch site	Kagoshima (Uchinoura Space Center?)
Launch vehicle	M-V (2)
Mission	Government: Sun observation
LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	674 x 695 km
Eccentricity	1,49E-03
Inclination	98.09°
Period	98.45 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/NASA
Operator	Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science/NASA
Platform
Mass at launch	700 kg
Dry Mass	530 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power	1000 W
Design lifetime	3 yrs - still active

The international Hinode spacecraft mounted on its third-stage rocket booster.

Description:

Hinode is an international mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft is designed to study the generation, transport and dissipation of magnetic energy from the photosphere to the corona and will record how energy stored in the sun's magnetic field is released

Mission details:

Solar-B is an ISAS mission with international partners, a follow-on to the highly successful Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (Solar-A) collaboration. The mission consists of a coordinated set of optical, EUV and X-ray instruments that will apply a systems approach to the interaction between the Sun's magnetic field and its high temperature, ionized atmosphere. The result will be an improved understanding of the mechanisms which give rise to solar magnetic variability and how this variability modulates the total solar output and creates the driving force behind space weather
Solar observatory; telescope built by Smithsonian Observatory.

Ref.: #6r, #7, #226, #238 - update: 27.08.11

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