Ldrex 2

Large Deployable Reflector Experiment

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General

Designation	29496 / 06043C
Launch date	13 Oct 2006
Country of origin	Japan
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	264/35648 km
Inclination	7°
Period	629 min
Launch vehicle	Ariane V173

Developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), LDREX 2 will validate the deployment process for a large, lightweight antenna reflector that is to be used on Japan's ETS 8 engineering test satellite.

The deployment went well.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Nec Toshiba Space Systems, Ltd
Platform
Mass at launch	211 kg
Dry mass
Dimension	0.7 x 0.6 x 1.9 m folded, 6.5 m span in orbit
Solar array	n/a
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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