Epsilon | RAISE-2 & others
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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
RAISE-2 & others
8 payloads will fly on this mission : "RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2" (RAISE-2), DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Micro-Satellite), Hibari, Z-Sat, and four CubeSat (ASTERISC, ARICA, NANODRAGON, KOSEN-1).
Epsilon
Height 24.40 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2271 kN
Diameter 2.50 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 91 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2013-09-14
Launch Failures 1
Updates
SwGustav
2021-11-09T02:27:42+0000
Launch success confirmed per webcast
SwGustav
2021-11-09T00:56:02+0000
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-11-06T08:36:27+0000
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-11-05T06:36:16+0000
Launch delayed due to weather, no new date announced yet.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-10-28T07:00:35+0000
Confirmation of new launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-10-27T13:02:09+0000
New launch date.
spacevogel
2021-10-08T09:00:26+0000
New launch date will be determined after the Oct 25 launch of H-IIA. Putting to a placeholder end of month date for now.
SwGustav
2021-10-07T00:38:47+0000
Scrubbed due to winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-10-04T08:39:15+0000
New launch date and time.
JRascagneres
2021-10-03T00:50:11+0000
Pushing by a couple days. No info yet.
Nosu
2021-10-01T04:15:53+0000
Launch aborted at T-19 seconds. Reverting back to TBD until a new launch window is announced.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-29T07:32:01+0000
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-08-20T07:06:41+0000
Added launch.
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