SS-520-5
The fifth configuration of the SS-520, succeeded as the smallest rocket to put something into orbit. It holds this title to this day.
- Diameter
- 0.5 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2018-02-03
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SS-520-5
This page records SS-520-5 | TRICOM-1R and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Check the source: JAXA | SS-520 5号機による超小型衛星打上げ実証実験について ↗ · Launch Library ↗
Status reported by the mission data provider.
TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals. TRICOM-1R is a replacement for the failed SS-520-4 launch of TRICOM-1.
Published configuration and flight history.
The fifth configuration of the SS-520, succeeded as the smallest rocket to put something into orbit. It holds this title to this day.
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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