(C)EXA
NEE-02 Krysaor, Ecuador このエクアドル衛星も UniSat-5 と同時に放出され
ます。半年前に打上げられた NEE-01 Pegaso の後継機です。衛星名の｢Krysaor｣
の原語 ｢Chrysaor(クリュサオル)｣ は、ギリシャ神話に登場する人物(怪物)で、
Pegasus(ペガサス) の弟であり、ポセイドンとメデューサの息子として描かれて
います。言い伝えでは彼らの産まれ方は壮絶です。ギリシャ神話は古代ギリシャ
の神話・伝説を中核として西欧の宗教や世界観に大きな影響を与え、近代現代の
思想や芸術の源泉となっています。
- Technological demonstration/Education
- Test of real time video transmission
- Test of Thermal/Radiation shield
- Test of multiphase solar array
- Test of passive antenna deployment
- Test of carbon nanotubes thermal control system
Downlink 910.000MHz
The NEE-02 KRYSAOR is a PEGASUS class sateliite, which means that is a
twin of the original NEE-01 PEGASUS, it was built after it and completed
on June 2012, its primary function is to be a backup of the NEE-01 in
case of any eventuality in the NEE-01 launch operation.
The NEE-02 will be launched in to a 98.7 degree inclination, helio
synchronous orbit, 720km perigee and 890km apogee on November 21, 2013.
Its mission is the same as PEGASUS, serving education and also acting as
orbital sentinels watching for possible threats from small NEOs in last
phase of atmospheric entry and helping to catalog orbital debris. Also
it has the latest advances in active deployment of its solar arrays,
high speed digital transmission and a higher resolution video camera.
http://www.exa.ec/index-en.html
http://www.exa.ec/nee-02-eng.htm