AE2a Spacecraft

AE2a
Name AE2a
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status Operational (News on 2025-06-24)
Launched 2025-06-23
NORAD ID 64591
Deployer ?
Launcher Falcon 9 (Transporter-14)
Organisation ArkEdge Space
Institution Company
Entity Commercial
Nation Japan
Manufacturer AIVT by ArkEdge Space
Operator ArkEdge Space
Oneliner

Remote sensing with a hyperspectral camera.

Description

AE2a employs the “Remote Sensing Model” of ArkEdge Space’s 6U standard satellite bus. The mission is designed to demonstrate a hyperspectral camera system in orbit. The mission will validate key sensing functionalities of the 6U bus, with a particular focus on attitude control for remote sensing applications, and will conduct image acquisition and data downlink operations using its onboard hyperspectral camera.

The hyperspectral camera captures dozens of wavelength bands continuously, generating unique spectral signatures for various materials and enabling the detection of minerals, tree species, and atmospheric gases that are difficult to identify with conventional optical or SAR satellites. Its capabilities are expected to be applied to water resource management, climate change research, and greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring.

In addition, AE2a carries an IoT communications module that will enable text and sensor data exchange via LoRa, conduct satellite-to-satellite communications experiments using a store-and-forward (S&F) weak-signal reception system, and demonstrate remote command operations from ground stations.

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