Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful and informative for you.
If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simple and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much.
RAPIS 1
RAPIS 1 [JAXA]
RAPIS 1 (Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite 1), also originally known as Innovative technology demonstration satellite 1, is a small demonstration satellite to test new technologies in space.
It tests a lightweight solar cell paddle mechanism to expand five panels in orbit. The size of the expansion is about 2 m × 3 m. It tests two objects: Whether the lightweight solar cell paddle is successfully deployed and wether the power from the solar cell is normally supplied after the paddle is deployed.
RAPIS 1 was launched on an Epsilon (2) CLPS rocket.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | JAXA |
| Contractors: | JAXA, Axelspace |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 27 months |
| Mass: | ~200 kg |
| Orbit: | 498 km × 510 km, 97.30° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAPIS 1 | 2019-003A | 18.01.2019 | Ka LP-M | Epsilon (2) CLPS | with ALE 1, Hodoyoshi 2, MicroDragon, OrigamiSat 1, AOBA-VELOX 4, NEXUS |
References:
- Axelspace: RAPIS 1
