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WE WISH [Meisei Electric Co.]
WE WISH (World Environmental Watching & Investigation from Space Height) is a 1U-Cubesat built by Meisei Electric Co. The mission is to contribute to local technology education and to promote utilization of data acquired by a small satellite and the demonstration of an ultra-small thermal infrared camera.
WE WISH was launched on board of HTV 3 to the International Space Station. It was deployed on October 4th 2012, but no signals were received.
WE WISH reentered from orbit on 11 March 2013.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Meisei Electric Co. |
| Contractors: | Meisei Electric Co. |
| Equipment: | Camera |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 399 km × 424 km, 51.65° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WE WISH | 1998-067CS | 21.07.2012 | Ta YLP-2 | H-2B-304 | with HTV 3 (Kounotori 3), SCaN-Testbed, MCE, Raiko, FITSat 1, F 1, TechEdSat 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
References:
- Meisei: WE WISH
