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Epsilon | RAISE-3 & others

October 12, 2022 at 12:50 AM UTC

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Epsilon | RAISE-3 & others launch image
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October 12, 2022 at 12:50 AM UTC

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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan · 31.2510, 131.0821

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Epsilon
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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

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October 12, 2022 at 12:55 AM UTC
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Mission description

RAISE-3 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-3) was a satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 7 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite was to 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.

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革新的衛星技術実証3号機/イプシロンロケット6号機打上げライブ中継・LIVE: Launch of the Epsilon-6 with Innovative Satellites 3 onboard

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Epsilon

Epsilon

Height

24.4 m

Diameter

2.5 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

5

Launch complex

Mu Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle. Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.

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Mission updates

Added launch under preparations right now

June 11, 2022 at 6:30 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Added launch date and time

August 8, 2022 at 3:26 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Launch delayed due to unspecified problem with the launch vehicle; new date TBD

October 5, 2022 at 4:33 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Launch rescheduled to October 12

October 9, 2022 at 6:33 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

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October 12, 2022 at 12:28 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin