Piggyback missions to Venus

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<p>Japanese JAXA is inviting the piggyback satellite of a launch of Venus probe PLANET-C.</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/8/dd3ac7fe-c7c9-400d-88fe-034d4e80dcb2.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</p><p><strong>A piggyback satellite candidate's invitation in the missions of PLANET-C</strong></p><p>JAXA looks for the loading candidate of a small size secondary satellite who will share PLANET-C which is a launch schedule in the 2010 fiscal year as follows.</p><p>Application deadline: May 23, 2008</p><p>Selection time: It is scheduled for mid-June, 2008.</p><p>The requirement for an application is as follows.</p><p><strong>1.Launch year</strong><br />&nbsp;The 2010 fiscal year is planned.</p><p><strong>2.Orbit</strong><br />&nbsp;(Plan 1)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Altitude of a circular orbit: 300 km<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Orbit inclination: about 30 degrees</p><p>&nbsp;or<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;(Plan 2)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; The orbit which goes to Venus from the orbit of a Plan 1</p><p><strong>3.Payload mass<br /></strong>&nbsp;The mass of the whole subsatellite is 40kg.</p><p><strong>4.Size</strong><br />&nbsp;(Plan 1)<br />&nbsp; A 10cm cube or a 20cm cube (use J-POD in principle)<br />&nbsp;(Plan 2)<br />&nbsp; Less than a 50cm cube</p><p><strong>5.Operation specifications</strong><br />Before the holding of the selection committee, it is necessary for the operation specifications such as frequency bands to be realized. </p><p>///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</p><p>At this opportunity, I hope for realization of plan 2.<br />If it succeeds, it will become the first spacecraft that exceeds the orbit of the moon except the spacecraft of a national space agency.<br />If Ablator is used, I will consider whether the entry capsule to the Venus atmosphere is realizable within 40kg.</p><div><font color="#000000">Press Releases (Japanese)</font></div><p>http://aerospacebiz.jaxa.jp/topics/2008/topics20080423_j.html</p><p><font color="#000000">PLANET-C</font></p><p>http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/planet_c/index_e.html</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p>I HOPE that a space budget grows more.<br /><img id="13d0b3c4-c5bc-4a2d-ad5c-33562f04976a" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/13/13d0b3c4-c5bc-4a2d-ad5c-33562f04976a.Large.gif" alt="blog post photo" /> </p><div><br /> </div> </div>