Names | Platform for Extra and Terrestrial Remote Examination with LCTF |
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Operator | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2022 (planned) |
Rocket | Epsilon |
Launch site | Uchinoura Space Center |
Contractor | JAXA |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Instruments | |
Multispectral cameras | |
PETREL (Platform for Extra and Terrestrial Remote Examination with LCTF) is a technology demonstration satellite being developed by Tokyo Institute of Technology. The microsatellite is equipped with a multispectral camera, which will be used to carry out two distinct missions. One mission is to survey the sky in ultraviolet wavelengths for the field of time-domain astronomy, and the other is to conduct spectroscopic observations of the Earth.[1] PETREL was planned to be launched as part of the Japanese space agency JAXA's 2022 Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission, but wasn't launched.