LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Sat Jan 14 2017

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

TRICOM-1

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(11:33 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(10:20 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(11:50 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

SS-520-4

Description:

The fourth configuration of SS-520. It would have been the smallest and lightest vehicle to put something into orbit, but it lost telemetry and was told to abort, falling into the ocean.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Pad

KS Center