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Hisaki, also known as the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) is a Japanese ultraviolet astronomy satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The first mission of the Small Scientific Satellite program,[2] it was launched in September 2013 on the maiden flight of the Epsilon rocket.

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Hisaki

Artistic rendering of Hisaki in orbit.
Mission type	Ultraviolet astronomy
Operator	JAXA
COSPAR ID	2013-049A
SATCAT no.	39253
Website	www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/sprint_a/
Mission duration	~1 year planned (science phase) elapsed: 8 years, 11 months and 6 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	NEXTAR NX-300L
Manufacturer	NEC
Launch mass	340 kg (750 lb)
Dimensions	4×1×1 m (13.1×3.3×3.3 ft)
Power	900 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	14 September 2013, 05:00 (2013-09-14UTC05Z) UTC
Rocket	Epsilon
Launch site	Uchinoura
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Semi-major axis	7,431.52 kilometres (4,617.73 mi)[1]
Eccentricity	0.0136807[1]
Perigee altitude	958 kilometres (595 mi)[1]
Apogee altitude	1,162 kilometres (722 mi)[1]
Inclination	29.72 degrees[1]
Period	106.27 minutes[1]
Epoch	23 January 2015, 18:21:14 UTC[1]

Hisaki remains operational as of 2022, [3] and is performing joint observations with Juno orbiter.[4]

In October 2020 it performed joint observation with the BepiColombo probe which performed a flyby of Venus en route to Mercury.[5]

Hisaki was named after a cape Hisaki (火崎, literally Cape Fire) used by local fishermen to pray for safe travels in the eastern part of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima near the Uchinoura Space Center, but has the additional meaning of "beyond the Sun".[6][7] An old name for the mission was EXCEED (Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscope for Exospheric Dynamics).[8]

Objectives

Hisaki carries an extreme ultraviolet spectrometer which will be used to study the composition of the atmospheres and the behavior of the magnetospheres of the planets of the Solar System.[9] Designed for a one-year mission, Hisaki has been operated in a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 950 km (590 mi), an apogee of 1,150 km (710 mi), 31 degrees of inclination and a period of 106 minutes.[10]

Launch

An Epsilon was used to launch Hisaki. Making its first flight, the four-stage Epsilon rocket[11] flew from the Mu rocket launch complex at the Uchinoura Space Center. The launch occurred at 05:00 UTC on 14 September 2013, following a scrubbed launch attempt on 27 August 2013.[12] Following its successful insertion into orbit and deployment of its solar arrays, the satellite was renamed Hisaki, having been designated SPRINT-A until that point.[13]

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На других языках

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[de] Hisaki

Hisaki (jap. ひさき), Projektname SPRINT-A (Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere), ist ein Weltraumteleskop der japanischen JAXA.

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- [en] Hisaki (satellite)

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[ru] SPRINT-A

SPRINT-A / HISAKI (англ. Small scientific satellite Platform for Rapid INvestigation and Test - A; предварительные названия: «EXCEED», «TOPS») — японская орбитальная ультрафиолетовая обсерватория, разработанная и построенная JAXA в рамках программы SSS (сокр. от англ. Small Scientific Satellite — букв. Малый исследовательский спутник). После запуска аппарату было присвоено имя «HISAKI» по названию мыса, находящегося рядом с Космическим центром Утиноура[3].

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