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Official name SHIN'EN 2
Alternative name Shin'en-2
Cospar ID 2014-076B
Norad ID 40320
Launch date 2014-12-03
Launch site TNSTA
Launch vehicle H-2A-202
Country/Organization Japan
Type application Technology, interplanetary
Operator Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kagoshima University, AUT
RCS size UNKNOWN
Decay date ON ORBIT
Shape Poly
Mass (kg) 17.7
Height (m) 0.49
Width (m) 0.48
Depth (m) 0.49
Span (m^2) 0.49
Lifetime ?
Contractors Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kagoshima University, AUT
Propulsion None
Power Solar cells, batteries

Shin'en 2 is a interplanetary satellite built by students at Kyushu Institute of Technology and Kagoshima University, AUT in Japan that carries a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space heliocentric orbit.

The 15 kg spacecraft, measuring 490 × 490 × 475 mm, features a lightwight thermoplastic CFRP structure. It is powered by solar cells on the polyheadral surface of the satellite body. Shin'en 2 will orbit the Sun in an elliptic orbit between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will be almost zero, which means Shin'en 2 will stay in the Earth?s equatorial plane. The distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and 1.3 AU.

The goals of the mission are:

  • To establish communication technologies with a long range as far as moon.
  • To establish a new technology of the ultra-light-weight satellite. Proposing a WSJT 29 dBm UHF downlink and a 29 dBm 20 kHz linear transponder and a CW beacon all on UHF with a VHF uplink for the transponder

Shin'en 2 is planned to launch in the 4th quarter of 2014 on an H-2A-202 rocket with Hayabusa 2 as the main payload and PROCYON and ARTSAT2:DESPATCH as secondary payloads.

After launch, Shin'en 2 got the additional designation Fuji OSCAR 82 (FO 82).

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SHIN'EN 2 2014-076B 2014-12-03 TNSTA H-2A-202 with Hayabusa 2, PROCYON, DESPATCH