[meteorite-list] Procyon Update - December 4, 2014

[Ron Baalke]

http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2014/12/20141204_procyon.html

Flight Status of Micro Deep-Space Explorer "PROCYON"
December 4, 2014 (JST)

The University of Tokyo
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The University of Tokyo and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 
received signals from the Micro deep-space explorer "PROCYON" at 8:51 
p.m. on December 3, 2014 (Japan Standard Time), to confirm it had been 
inserted into the scheduled interplanetary orbit. The satellite is now 
in the initial operation phase. PROCYON was launched by the H-IIA Launch 
Vehicle No. 26 as a secondary payload of the Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2" 
at 1:22:04 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2014 (JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center.


Overview of the Micro Deep-space Explorer "PROCYON"

Mission Outline 	Demonstration of micro-spacecraft bus system for deep 
space exploration including communication system and attitude and orbit 
control system.
It will also demonstrate various deep space exploration technologies including 
asteroid close flyby observation.

Size / Mass 	H 630 x W 550 x D 550 mm / Mass about 65 kg

Development Organizations 	The University of Tokyo/JAXA

Cooperative organization for operation 	Tokyo University of Science/Hokkaido 
University/Meisei University/Rikkyo University, and others