LDREX-2
| LDREX-2 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technology testing satellite |
| Country: |
 Japan
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| Operator: | JAXA |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2006-043C |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 211 kg |
| Size: | 0.7 m × 0.6 m × 1.9 m |
| Begin: | October 13, 2006, 20:56 UTC |
| Starting place: | Center Spatial Guyanais ELA-3 |
| Launcher: | Ariane 5 ECA V173 |
| Status: | burned up on September 30, 2010 |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 468.5 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 7.2 ° |
| Apogee height : | 26,980 km |
| Perigee height : | 227 km |
LDREX-2 ( L arge D eployable Re flector Small-Sized Partial Model 2 ) is a Japanese experimental, half -sized , deployable antenna reflector.
The satellite was built by NEC and Toshiba on behalf of the Japanese space agency JAXA and was transported into space on October 13, 2006 with an Ariane 5 launcher . LDREX consisted of five parts that were assembled together on the ASAP 5 . The unfoldable reflector, which consisted of seven hexagonal modules and had a diameter of 6.4 meters when fully unfolded, two cameras that filmed the 40-minute unfolding process, and two boxes, one of which had a 15 Ah nickel-cadmium battery and the second was equipped with the necessary electronics. Then the antenna was disconnected. The total mass of the satellite was 211 kilograms, the dimensions 0.7 × 0.6 × 1.9 meters.
Web links
- JAXA: Launch Schedule of Large Deployable Reflector Small-sized Partial Model 2 (LDREX-2) . August 12, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ LDREX in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed on July 24, 2012 (English).
- ^ Ariane 5 adds another heavy-lift mission success to its operational track record - Arianespace. In: arianespace.com. October 13, 2006, accessed March 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Payloads for the United States, Australia and Japan ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )