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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareEpsilon
Launched 2019-01-18 00:50:20 UTCMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
4th
orbital launch attempt in 2019
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
1st
launch this year
Mu Center
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
365 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
A rideshare mission to launch experimental microsats and cubesats. Main payload is RAPIS-1 (RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite 1), which will test several new technologies in space.
Launch Provider
Government · Japan · Founded 2003 · Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Launches
37
Successful
33
89%
Upcoming
2
scheduled
Height
24.4m
Diameter
2.5m
Liftoff thrust
2,271kN
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