| Names | Advanced Satellite Toward Exploration of dust enviRonment with In-Situ Cosmic dust sensor |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology demonstration |
| Operator | Chiba Institute of Technology |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-102C |
| SATCAT no. | 49397 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 3U CubeSat |
| Bus | CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Planetary Exploration Research Center (PERC) at the Chiba Institute of Technology |
| Launch mass | 3 kg (6.6 lb) |
| Dimensions | 10 × 10 × 30 cm (3.9 × 3.9 × 11.8 in) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 November 2021, 00:55 UTC |
| Rocket | Epsilon (No. 5) |
| Launch site | Uchinoura Space Center |
| Contractor | JAXA |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 560 km (350 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 560 km (350 mi) |
| Inclination | 97.6° |
| Instruments | |
| Deployable dust sensor Magnetic field sensor Wide-angle camera | |
ASTERISC (Advanced Satellite Toward Exploration of dust enviRonment with In-Situ Cosmic dust sensor) is a nanosatellite developed by the Planetary Exploration Research Center (PERC) at the Chiba Institute of Technology that will observe cosmic dust in low Earth orbit. It is built as 3U-sized CubeSat and will deploy a large membrane structure in space. ASTERISC was launched on 9 November 2021 by an Epsilon launch vehicle.[1][2]
- ^ イプシロンロケット5号機による革新的衛星技術実証2号機の打上げ結果について [Innovative satellite technology demonstration by Epsilon rocket No. 5 About the launch result of No. 2] (in Japanese). JAXA. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.