 A collection of CubeSats at Tsukuba Space Center prior to their launch in 2012, with WE WISH visible on the far left | |
| Mission type | Technology demonstration Amateur radio Earth observation |
|---|---|
| Operator | Meisei Amateur Radio Club |
| COSPAR ID | 2012-038F (1998-067CS) |
| SATCAT no. | 38856 |
| Mission duration | 158 days (achieved) 100 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Bus | CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Meisei Electric Meisei Amateur Radio Club |
| Launch mass | 1 kg (2.2 lb) |
| Dimensions | 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (1U) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC [1] |
| Rocket | H-IIB F3 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima, Yoshinobu LC-Y2 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Deployed from | ISS Kibō Delivered by Kounotori 3 |
| Deployment date | 4 October 2012, 15:44:15.297 UTC [2] |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 11 March 2013 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit [3] |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 399 km (248 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 424 km (263 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 92.79 minutes |
WE WISH (World Environmental Watching and Investigation from Space Height) 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 Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) on 21 July 2012, along with other CubeSats including RAIKO, FITSAT-1, F-1, and TechEdSat-1. [5]
It was deployed, along with the other CubeSats, from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibō via the Japanese Experiment Module-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) system on 4 October 2012. [7] [8] [9]
