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Electron | On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)

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Electron | On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)

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Mission brief

The flight at a glance.

The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) mission consists of a spacecraft developed and operated by Astroscale aiming to rendezvous with and characterize a large piece of debris. Its target is the H-2A upper stage left in Low Earth Orbit after the launch of the GOSAT Earth observation satellite in 2009.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  2. T+00:00:55

    Supersonic

  3. T+00:01:01

    Max-Q

  4. T+00:02:24

    MECO

  5. T+00:02:27

    Stage 2 Separation

  6. T+00:02:31

    SES

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  1. T+00:03:04

    Fairing Separation

  2. T+00:06:21

    Battery Hotswap

  3. T+00:09:04

    SECO

  4. T+00:09:08

    Kick Stage Separation

  5. T+00:50:36

    Kick Stage Burn

  6. T+01:03:30

    Kick Stage Burn

  7. T+01:04:30

    Payload Separation