JAXA SS-520-4 TRICOM-1

Name: JAXA SS-520-4 TRICOM-1
Start: 2017-01-14T23:33:00.000Z
Location: KS Center

SS-520-4

Status

Failure

Date

14 JAN 2017

23:33

Launch Provider

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Launch Pad

KS Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

SS-520-4

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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

Launch Mass

3 T