WARP-01, nicknamed Nichirin, was a 1U-sized
CubeSat developed and operated by
Warpspace, a
newspace company based in
Tsukuba, Japan
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total a ...
. It was launched on 20 February 2021 on board a
Cygnus cargo spacecraft, and deployed from the
International Space Station (ISS) on 14 March 2021.
WARP-01 was used for technology validation and monitoring the radio wave and radiation environment in space.
Overview
WARP-01 was Warpspace's first satellite. The company signed a contract to deploy a satellite from the ISS's
Kibo Module
Kibo may refer to:
* Kibō (ISS module), Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), component of the International Space Station
* Kibo, a volcanic cone forming the main summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
* An alias of James Parry, who as "Kibo" became a cult f ...
with Space BD on 24 August 2018. Inside the satellite were several wedding memorial plaques, which were sent to space as part of a 'space bridal service'.
At the time the service was first announced in July 2018,
media reports said that astronauts staying on the ISS were to take photographs of the satellite during its deployment. WARP-01 was unveiled during an event in Tsukuba city in February 2020. WARP-01 was launched and carried to space on board
Cygnus NG-15
NG-15, previously known as OA-15, was the fifteenth launch of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fourteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with ...
. WARP-01 tested a radiation sensor, which was used to monitor the radiation environment in
low Earth orbit.
WARP-01 decayed from orbit on 1 May 2022.
See also
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OPUSAT-II
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RSP-01
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STARS-EC
STARS-EC (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite Elevator of CubeSat, COSPAR 1998-067SE, SATCAT 47928) was a nanosatellite developed by Shizuoka University, for the purpose of demonstrating space elevator tether technology. It was a 3U-size Cu ...
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