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Launch Failure
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LAUNCH SITEUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Mission
RAISE-3 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-3) was a satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 7 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite was to be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. The launch is also carrying QPS-SAR 3 & 4 radar Earth observation satellites for iQPS, and 5 cubesats for various Japanese institutions & companies.
- Launch vehicle
- Epsilon
- Mission type
- Technology
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Mu Center
- Provider
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Epsilon
The Epsilon rocket is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites. It is a follow-on project to the larger and more expensive M-V rocket which was retired in 2006. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began developing the Epsilon in 2007. It is capable of placing a 590 kg payload into Sun-synchronous orbit.
- Height
- 24.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 6
- First flight
- 2013-09-14
Recorded timing
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Mission update
Flight Termination System activated at T+06:28 after rocket was observed not in correct attitude for normal 2nd/3rd stage separation.
Launch site & orbit
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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