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The "Powered Innovative Earth-orbiter with Reorientable Inclined Sail" (PIERIS) was selected as a feasibility study topics of JAXA-SMASH program in 2023, and the PIREIS team has been studied for one year. After the study, PIERIS has selected as a space project, which will be launched in FY 2027! The PIERIS team is led by Prof. Chujo Toshihiro. Prof. Chujo and his team in Institute of Science Tokyo is primarily responsible for the mission and satellite system (including the integrated attitude-orbit control system), while our laboratory and cosmobloom Inc. are primarily responsible for the sail deployment structure system. The news about PIERIS is also posted onthe ISAS website, so please refer to that as well. |