SHIN EN 2

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Japanese spacecraft nº: 208

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Description:

• SHIN EN 2 is a interplanetary satellite built by students at Kagoshima University in Japan that will carry a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space heliocentric orbit. The 15 kg spacecraft, measuring 490 x 490 x 475 mm, features a lightwight thermoplastic CFRP structure. It is powered by solar cells on the polyheadral surface of the satellite body. SHIN EN 2 will orbit the Sun in an elliptic orbit between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will be almost zero, which means Shin'en 2 will stay in the Earth's equatorial plane. The distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and 1.3 AU.