★Project Overview★
STARS-Me2 is the successor to STARS-Me and is a 1U-sized CubeSat, a small satellite measuring 10 cm on each side. In this mission, a steel convex tether approximately 10 meters in length will be deployed from the satellite, and the deployment process will be captured by an onboard camera.
Images taken both during and outside of the tether deployment mission are expected to be received by amateur radio operators around the world.
The satellite demonstrates technology of orbital altitude descending for a space elevator and space debris. A patent application has been filed in relation to the debris mitigation aspect.
The satellite structure utilizes a “monoblock frame (MBF)” developed by Ishitoshi Maching Inc.
As part of the project’s outreach efforts, we launched the initiative: “Would you like to send your thoughts into space in the form of a haiku?” Over 1,500 haiku(*) were submitted by elementary, middle and high school students from Shizuoka Prefecture (Top Gun #65). In addition, the satellite’s nickname was selected through a public call and was named “Hōrai（蓬莱）.”
The selected haiku was engraved and attached to the satellite by an elementary school student representing the applicants. The nickname “Hōrai” was added to the satellite by the high school student who created it. Both will journey into space with the satellite (Top Gun #87).
(*)Haiku is a traditional Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
| Nickname: | Hōrai（蓬莱） | |
| Technical Name | STARS-Me2 “STARS Mini-elevator #2“ |
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