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Sat Jan 14 2017
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

TRICOM-1

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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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.

SS-520-4 rocket
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