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Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1

December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 launch image
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Launch details

LAUNCH TIME UNCONFIRMED

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December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC

Status: To Be Determined · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan · 31.2510, 131.0821

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Rocket
Epsilon S
Launch site
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Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Launch probability
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September 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM UTC

Mission description

Vietnamese Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth observation satellite build by NEC Corporation of Japan, based on Japan's ASNARO 2 satellite and the NEXTAR NX-300L satellite bus. The satellite will contribute to measures against natural disasters and climate change in Vietnam.

Vehicle

Epsilon S

Epsilon · S

Height

24.4 m

Diameter

2.5 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

0

Launch complex

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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

Moved back to 2025 TBD due to another test firing failure for qualification of the Epsilon-S 2nd stage motor.

November 26, 2024 at 2:56 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET February 2025.

July 13, 2024 at 3:23 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin