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SS-520-4 | TRICOM-1
Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyLaunch Failure

TRICOM-1

SS-520-4

Historical mission record

This page records SS-520-4 | TRICOM-1 and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Failure

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LAUNCH SITEUchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission

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.

Launch vehicle
SS-520-4
Mission type
Earth Science
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
KS Center
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch vehicle

SS-520-4

The fourth configuration of SS-520. It would have been the smallest and lightest vehicle to put something into orbit, but it lost telemetry and was told to abort, falling into the ocean.

Height
9.7 m
Diameter
0.5 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
1
First flight
2017-01-14

Recorded timing

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Launch site & orbit

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

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