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RAISE-2 & others
Epsilon
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LAUNCH SITEUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Mission
8 payloads will fly on this mission : "RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2" (RAISE-2), DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Micro-Satellite), Hibari, Z-Sat, and four CubeSat (ASTERISC, ARICA, NANODRAGON, KOSEN-1).
- Launch vehicle
- Epsilon
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth 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
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Launch site & orbit
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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革新的衛星技術実証２号機／イプシロンロケット５号機打上げライブ中継・LIVE: Launch of the Epsilon-5 with Innovative Satellites 2 onboard ↗Further reading
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