Abstract
The development of 50-kg class microsatellite RISING-2 was started in July, 2009 by Tohoku Univ. and Hokkaido Univ. At the time of May, 2011, the fabrication and evaluation tests of engineering model (EM) and the fabrication of flight model (FM) were finished. The launch opportunity has been not decided yet. The satellite has a telescope with 10-cm diameter and 1-m focal length, and the resolution of image is 5 meters. It observes multi-spectrum images of cumulonimbus clouds using liquid crystal tunable filter as well as RGB color photos. Also, transient luminous events in upper atmosphere such as sprite are observed using CMOS sensors. This paper shows the final specifications of FM, and the verification tests of bus system.
