LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Wed Oct 12 2022

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

RAISE-3

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(12:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(12:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(12:55 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Technology
RAISE-3 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-3) is a satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 7 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will 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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Pad

Mu Center