LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Dec 20 2016
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace)
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(11:00 AM UTC)
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
EpsilonDescription:
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.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Pad
Mu Center