RAIKO (satellite)
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RAIKO (Template:Langx, literally thunder drum) is a Japanese satellite which was built and operated by Tohoku and Wakayama Universities. A two-unit CubeSat, RAIKO was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 4 October 2012, having been launched on 21 July 2012.
RAIKO was launched aboard the Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) spacecraft,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> atop an H-IIB launch vehicle flying from pad LC-Y2 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch occurred at 02:06:18 UTC on 21 July 2012.<ref name="NSF"/> Four other CubeSats were launched with RAIKO; WE WISH, FITSAT-1, TechEdSat-1 and F-1. The five CubeSats was delivered to the International Space Station for deployment. CubeSats were deployed from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibō via the J-SSOD system on 4 October 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Named after a Japanese god of thunder,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> RAIKO is a Template:Cvt spacecraft, which was used for technology demonstration. It carries a camera with a fish-eye lens for Earth imaging,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a prototype star tracker, a deployable membrane to slow the satellite, lowering its orbit, a photographic system to measure the satellite's movement relative to the International Space Station, and a Ku-band antenna for communications and Doppler ranging experiments.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
WE WISH, RAIKO, FITSat 1, F-1, and TechEdSat-1 travelled to orbit aboard Kounotori 3 (HTV-3).<ref name=gunter>WE WISH</ref>