We-Wish
We-Wish 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 HTV-3 (Kounotori 3) in July 2012, along with other CubeSats including Raiko, FITSat 1, F-1, and TechEdSat.[5] It was deployed, along with the other HTV-3 CubeSats, from the ISS Kibo module's robotic arm.[6]
 A collection of CubeSats at Tsukuba Space Center prior to their launch in 2012, with We-Wish visible on the far left | |
| Mission type | Amateur radio Earth observation |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2012-038F |
| SATCAT no. | 38856 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | H-IIB |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Yoshinobu 2 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi |
| Deployed from | ISS (via Kounotori 3) |
| Deployment date | 4 October 2012, 14:37[2] |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 11 March 2013 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 399 kilometres (248 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 424 kilometres (263 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92.79 minutes |
| Epoch | 9 October 2012[3] |
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- McDowell, Jonathan (24 October 2012). "Issue 669". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- "WE-WISH". Aerospace.org. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "We-Wish". Space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "Tag Archives: We-Wish". Amsat-uk.org. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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