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Raiko (Japanese: 雷鼓 literally thunder drum) is a Japanese satellite which was built and operated by Tohoku and Wakayama Universities. A two-unit CubeSat Raiko was deployed from the International Space Station on October 4 2012 having been launched in July.Raiko was launched aboard the Kounotori 3 spacecraft atop an H-IIB carrier rocket flying from Pad 2 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre. The launch occurred at 02:06 UTC on 21 July 2012.