Overview
The objective of SMILES (Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder) is to demonstrate a sensitive submillimeter-wave sounder and to monitor global distributions of the stratshperic trace gases.
SMILES, which is developed in a joint project between JAXA and NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) , is the first to use a superconductive low-noise receiver with a mechanical 4-K refrigerator in space.
What's new
- 16th November, 2009
- Information on "publication list" page has been updated.
- 31st Oct., 2009
- The HTV was departed from the ISS. [HTV/H-IIB Special Site]
- 25th Oct., 2009
- SMILES mission team made a presentation on the initial results in the IGAC-SPARC Joint Workshop.
- 10th Oct., 2009
- The performance confirmation of the SMILES L2 data processing system started.
- 28th Sep., 2009
- The lowest temperature of the SMILES mechanical cooler reached about 4.1 Kelvin.
- 25th Sep., 2009
- Two external experiments (SMILES and HREP) were installed on Kibo's Exposed Facility.
- 24th Sep., 2009
- Information on "Presentation materials" page has been updated.
- 18th Sep., 2009
- The HTV-1 's berthing completed at 10:49 a.m.
- 17th Sep., 2009
- The HTV is scheduled to be berthed at the ISS on Sep.18 (Friday)
[Live Broadcast]
- 15th Sep., 2009
- "Project topics" article has been added.
- 11th Sep., 2009
- The H-IIB rocket has been launched.
- 27th July, 2009
- Some notations in the RA document have been corrected.
[Document]
- 21st July, 2009
- RA proposals will be accepted on or before July 24th.
- 10th July, 2009
- Content of "Validation Plan" in a mission plan has been revised.
[Document]
- 8th July, 2009
- The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) will be launched on September 11th.
[Official release]
- 6th July, 2009
- Information on "publication list" page has been updated.
- 29th May, 2009
- SMILES research announcement (RA) has been released.
- 26th May, 2009
- SMILES has been mounted on the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV).
- 14th May, 2009
- SMILES has been mounted on EP ( Exposed Palette) .
- [left] Before mounting ／ [right] After mounting
- 26th Apr, 2009
- The performance confirmation examination of SMILES was executed in Tanegashima Space Center.
- 15th Apr, 2009
- The consent of shipping SMILES to launch site in Tanegashima-island was given by Develofpment Completion Review (DCR).
Project topics
- The first observation data from the SMILES
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According to 4-K supercooled superconducting detector,SMILES realises highly precised observation of Earth’s atmospheric constituents than ever before.
[Press release] |
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- Start of the SMILES initial check out (C/O)
- SMILES and HREP installed onto “Kibo”
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The HREP and the SMILES were mounted at 8:15 p.m. on the 24th and 1:12 a.m on the 25th respectively. |
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- Berthing operations completed
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The HTV-1’s berthing was completed at 10:49 a.m. September 18, as the HTV FCT confirmed the power and data transmission between the HTV-1 and the ISS. |
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- HTV/H-IIB Successfully Launched
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The JAXA launched the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) Demonstration Flight aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle Test Flight (H-IIB TF1) at 2:01:46 a.m. on September 11, 2009 (JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 15 minutes and 6 seconds after liftoff, the separation of the HTV Demonstration Flight was confirmed.
[Press release・HTV-1 mission news] |
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