Microwave Ionosphere Nonlinear Interaction Experiment

The Microwave Ionosphere Nonlinear Interaction Experiment (MINIX) is a sounding rocket experiment launched by Japan on 29 August 1983.{{cite journal |bibcode=1986iece.conf..181K |oclc=4434489765 |osti=6955190 |title=Nonlinear interaction of strong microwave beam with the ionosphere MINIX rocket experiment |journal=Space Solar Power Review |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=181–6 |last1=Kaya |first1=N. |last2=Matsumoto |first2=H. |last3=Miyatake |first3=S. |last4=Kimura |first4=I. |last5=Nagatomo |first5=M. |year=1986 }} Its purpose was to study the effects of Microwave energy in the Ionosphere, and to study high-power microwave technology for use in a Space-based solar power satellite.{{cite journal |last1=Nagatomo |first1=Makoto |last2=Kaya |first2=Nobuyuki |last3=Matsumoto |first3=Hiroshi |title=Engineering aspect of the microwave ionosphere nonlinear interaction experiment (MINIX) with a sounding rocket |journal=Acta Astronautica |date=January 1986 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=23–9 |doi=10.1016/0094-5765(86)90004-4 |bibcode=1986AcAau..13...23N }}