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Epsilon: RAISE-2 & others

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).

Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Epsilon: RAISE-2 & others

Mission Data

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEst. 2003
Launch VehicleEpsilon
Vehicle FamilyEpsilon
Vehicle Record5 of 6 launches (83.3%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record33 successes / 4 failures (89%)
Success Streak2 consecutive
Mission TypeTest Flight
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadMu Center
Location๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Uchinoura Space Center, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#110
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad36
Launches From This Site43
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Epsilon

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.

Launch updates

  1. Launch success confirmed per webcast

  2. Liftoff

  3. New launch date and time.

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  4. Launch delayed due to weather, no new date announced yet.

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  5. Confirmation of new launch window

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  6. New launch date.

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  7. New launch date will be determined after the Oct 25 launch of H-IIA. Putting to a placeholder end of month date for now.

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  8. Scrubbed due to winds.

  9. New launch date and time.

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  10. Pushing by a couple days. No info yet.

Launch Site

Mu Center ยท 31.2510ยฐN 131.0821ยฐE

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.