JAXA Epsilon RAISE-3 & others
Epsilon
Status
Failure
Date
12 OCT 2022
00:50
Launch Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Launch Pad
Mu Center
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Epsilon
Mission Type
Technology
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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
Launch Mass
91 T
Thrust
2,271 kN