WE WISH
A collection of CubeSats at Tsukuba Space Center prior to their launch in 2012, with WE WISH visible on the far left | |
| Mission type | Technology demonstration Amateur radio Earth observation |
|---|---|
| Operator | Meisei Amateur Radio Club |
| COSPAR ID | 2012-038F (1998-067CS) |
| SATCAT no. | 38856 |
| Mission duration | 158 days (achieved) 100 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Bus | CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Meisei Electric Meisei Amateur Radio Club |
| Launch mass | 1 kg (2.2 lb) |
| Dimensions | 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (1U) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC |
| Rocket | H-IIB F3 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima, Yoshinobu LC-Y2 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Deployed from | ISS Kibō Delivered by Kounotori 3 |
| Deployment date | 4 October 2012, 15:44:15.297 UTC |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 11 March 2013 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 399 km (248 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 424 km (263 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 92.79 minutes |
WE WISH (World Environmental Watching and Investigation from Space Height) was a small commercial CubeSat which was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2012 and which deorbited in March 2013. It was built by the Japanese technology company Meisei Electric and the Meisei Amateur Radio Club, and could transmit pictures taken by a small infrared camera via radio at 437.515 MHz. WE WISH travelled to orbit aboard Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) on 21 July 2012, along with other CubeSats including RAIKO, FITSAT-1, F-1, and TechEdSat-1.
It was deployed, along with the other CubeSats, from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibō via the Japanese Experiment Module-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) system on 4 October 2012.