Payload (satellite)
REIMEI (INDEX)
REIMEI (INDEX) is a satellite launched 2005-08-23 by Japan.
About
Reimei ('Dawn') is the in-flight name for a small Japanese satellite known during development as INDEX, developed in-house at JAXA both to serve as a demonstration of small-satellite technologies and to perform simultaneous optical and charged-particle observation of the aurora. A notable feature is the 25 μm-thick polyimide mirrors used for concentrating sunlight onto the solar arrays.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID28810
International designator2005-031B
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerJapan
Launch date2005-08-23
Launch siteBaikonur, Kazakhstan
Orbital period95.2 min
Inclination98.03°
Apogee544 km
Perigee517 km