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MCE [JAXA]
The MCE (Multi-mission Consolidated Equipment) is an experimental payload serving on the International Space Station (ISS)
MCE contains following two scientific (ISS-IMAP and JEM-GLISM) and three engineering experiments (SIMPLE, REXJ and HDTV):
- ISS-IMAP: ISS Ionosphere, Mesosphere, upper Atmosphere, and Plasmasphere mapper. The IMAP payload is a visible light spectrometer that examines the energy and plasma activity and related global transportation near the rim of atmosphere.
- JEM-GLISM (Global Lightning and Sprite Measurement). GLISM looks at the spatial distribution of lightning and plasma phenomena and their discharge characteristics throughout the atmosphere during night passes.
- SIMPLE (Space Inflatable Membranes Pioneering Long-term Experiments) seeks to collect engineering data in orbit for inflatable space structures
- REX-J (Robot Experiment on JEM) demonstrates realtime ground control of a robotic system by providing validation data during robotic manipulation.
- HDTV (High Definition Television Camera System) is a high resolution TV camera that acquires data for evaluating how long a COTS-HDTV survives in the orbit environment for development of future Space HDRV systems.
The MCE launched to the ISS on a Japanese HTV 3 (Kounotori 3), and was transferred and installed via Extravehicular Robotics (EVR) on the JEF (JEM-EF) exposed facility of the Japanese JEM module.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | JAXA |
| Contractors: | JAXA |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | Attached ISS payload |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Via ISS |
| Lifetime: | 7 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 400 km × 400 km, 51.6� (typical) |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCE | N/A | 21.07.2012 | Ta YLP-2 | H-2B-304 | with HTV 3 (Kounotori 3), SCaN-Testbed, Raiko, WE WISH, FITSat 1, F 1, TechEdSat 1 |
Further ISS missions: ISS complex