LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Wed Oct 12 2022
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
RAISE-3
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(12:50 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(12:50 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(12:55 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
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: 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