OREX

OREX

OREX

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For the company traded under the stock symbol OREX, see Orexigen Therapeutics. For the NASA asteroid sample return mission, see OSIRIS-REx.

OREX (Orbital Re-entry Experiment) was a NASDA re-entry demonstrator prototype which was launched in 1994 on the H-II launcher; the satellite was renamed Ryūsei (りゅうせい, Shooting star). It was a precursor for the Japanese space shuttle HOPE.

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OREX tested various communications systems, heating profiles and heat shielding components for HOPE.

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    McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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    McDowell, Jonathan (7 February 1994). "Issue 183". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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    McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.


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