Launch Alert | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

RAISE-2 & Others

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

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Epsilon

Description:

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.

Epsilon rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • 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).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Pad

Mu Center