Reimei

Reimei ('Dawn') is the in-flight name for a small Japanese satellite known during development as INDEX (INnovative-technology Demonstration Experiment), developed in-house at JAXA both to serve as a demonstration of small-satellite technologies (particularly high-performance and high-accuracy attitude control) 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.

It is 72 cm × 62 cm × 62 cm and weighs 72 kilograms. The construction budget was $4 million. The satellite was launched into a near-sun-synchronous 630 km orbit on 24 August 2005 as a piggyback on the OICETS launch.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Saito, Hirobumi (2006), "Overview and initial in-orbit status of "INDEX" satellite", Proceedings of the 20th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, SSC06-IV-1
↑ "Innovative-technology Demonstration Experiment REIMEI" (PDF). JAXA. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

Japanese space program

Organizations

JAXA
- former ISAS
- NAL
- NASDA
USEF
NICT

Earth observation

Completed	Kyokko Jikiken Denpa Ohozora Ume 1 b Fuyo-1 Momo 1 1b Midori I II Daichi

In operation	Akebono GEOTAIL¹ Himawari Aqua¹⁷ TRMM¹ Ibuki Shizuku GPM¹ Daichi-2

Planned	GCOM-C ERG EarthCARE² GOSAT-2 ALOS-3 ASNARO

Communications,
broadcasting and
positioning

Completed	Sakura (1 2a 2b 3a 3b) Yuri 1 2a 2b 3a 3b BS 2X 3H 3N Kakehashi N-STAR a b Kirari MBSat

In operation	Kodama Kizuna N-STAR (c) MTSAT QZSS Michibiki

Planned	QZSS QZS-2 QZS-3 QZS-4 DRTS-2

Engineering tests

Completed	Ohsumi Shinsei Kiku 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tansei 1 2 3 4 Myojo Ryusei Orizuru Jindai EXPRESS SFU DASH USERS SERVIS-1 SERVIS-2 Ayame 1 2 LRE Tsubasa LDREX 1 2 Micro LabSat-1 SDS-1

In operation	Ajisai Reimei Kiku-8 IKAROS SDS-4

Planned	SERVIS-3 SLATS

Cancelled	SmartSat-1 PETSAT

Private
miniaturized satellites

Completed	Fuji 1 2 Kanta-kun (WEOS) HIT-SAT CUTE 1.7+APD Maido-1 Kūkai Kagayaki Negai☆″ Waseda-SAT2 Hayato WE WISH

In operation	Fuji-3 CUTE 1 1.7+APDII XI IV V SEEDS Raijin Kiseki Hitomi Horyu 2 PROITERES RAIKO FITSAT-1

Planned	WNI satellite SPROUT TSUBAME QSAT-EOS SOMESAT

Astronomical
observation

Completed	Taiyo Hakucho Hinotori Tenma Ginga Yohkoh ASCA HALCA Akari Suzaku

In operation	Hinode Hisaki Hitomi

Planned	Nano-JASMINE LiteBIRD WFIRST¹ SPICA² ATHENA²

Cancelled	Astro-G

Lunar and
planetary exploration

Completed	Sakigake Suisei Hiten Hayabusa Kaguya (SELENE)

In operation	Akatsuki Hayabusa 2 PROCYON

Failed	Nozomi Shin'en

Planned	BepiColombo (MMO)² SLIM JUICE² MMX Trojan asteroid exploration MELOS

Cancelled	Lunar-A

Reconnaissance

Completed	IGS-Optical 1 Experimentally 3 IGS-Radar 1 2

In operation	IGS-Optical 2 3 4 Experimentally 5 IGS-Rader 3 4

Planned	IGS-Optical 5 6 IGS-Rader 5 6

Human spaceflight

Completed	H-II Transfer Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5

In operation	International Space Station (ISS) & Kibo¹²³⁴⁵⁶

Planned	H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 7 8 9 X1

Cancelled	HOPE-X Fuji manned spacecraft

Italics indicates projects in development.
Superscripts indicate joint development with¹NASA, ²ESA, ³ASI, ⁴CSA, ⁵RKA, ⁶AEB and ⁷INPE.

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