Tag: Epsilon
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JAXA Epsilon fails on sixth flight carrying RAISE-3 and others
Epsilon launched from the Mu Pad at the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan at 00:50 UTC on Oct. 12. This launch marked the sixth flight of JAXA’s Epsilon rocket, and the launch vehicle was to loft a rideshare mission into orbit consisting of RAISE-3 and numerous other satellites. Live coverage by JAXA of the launch…
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Japan’s Epsilon launches RAISE-2 and eight secondary satellites
Japan has finally launched its small satellite launcher Epsilon to deliver nine satellites to orbit. Notably, this includes the RAISE-2 technology demonstrator. Previously delayed due to weather and a scrub, the launch from Uchinoura Space Center occurred at 00:55 UTC on Nov. 9. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) RAISE-2 was the primary payload aboard…
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Japan’s Epsilon rocket launches seven tech demo satellites
A Japanese Epsilon rocket lifted off at 0050:20 GMT Friday (7:50:20 p.m. EST Thursday) from the Uchinoura Space Center in southwestern Japan. Credit: JAXA Seven small satellites launched aboard a Japanese Epsilon rocket Friday, including a diverse suite of tech demo payloads and a spacecraft designed to create an artificial meteor shower next year that…
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Live coverage: Epsilon rocket lifts off with seven satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch Japan’s Epsilon rocket with seven small Japanese and Vietnamese technology demonstration satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. JAXA’s live video stream begins at approximately 0025 GMT (7:25 p.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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Japan’s Epsilon conducts RAPIS-1 launch
Japan conducted its first launch of 2019 Friday, using the small Epsilon rocket to launch seven satellites, including the RAPIS-1 technology demonstration mission, into orbit. Epsilon lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Centre at the start of a nine-minute, 17-second window that opened at 09:50:20 local time (00:50 UTC). The primary payload for Friday’s launch…
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Japanese radar satellite launched aboard third Epsilon booster
Japan’s Epsilon rocket delivered a civilian-operated radar imaging satellite to orbit Wednesday on a mission to demonstrate the performance of a new commercial spacecraft design and collect all-weather imagery for use in emergencies, mapping and global surveillance. Developed by NEC Corp., the ASNARO 2 satellite launched Wednesday was developed with $144 million from the Japanese…
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Japan’s ASNARO-2 launched on third Epsilon flight
Japan’s experimental radar imaging satellite ASNARO-2 was launched Thursday aboard the third flight of the Epsilon rocket. Liftoff – from the Uchinoura Space Centre – occurred at the opening of a twenty-four-minute, two-second window opening at 06:06:11 local time (21:06 UTC on Wednesday). Japan’s first launch of 2018, Wednesday’s mission was originally scheduled towards the…
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Live coverage: Japan’s enhanced Epsilon booster blasts off
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Epsilon rocket rocket with Japan’s Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace, or ERG, mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. JAXA’s live video stream begins at 1040 GMT (5:40 a.m. EST).
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Research platform launched to brave Van Allen radiation belts
The Epsilon rocket blasted off at 1100 GMT (6 a.m. EST; 8 p.m. Japan Standard Time) Tuesday. Credit: JAXA Japan launched a research satellite Tuesday to repeatedly fly through the Van Allen belts high above Earth, helping scientists sort out how chaotic geomagnetic storms form and evolve and potentially endanger astronauts, spacecraft and infrastructure vital…
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Japan prepares launch of satellite to probe Earth’s radiation belts
Artist’s concept of the ERG spacecraft in orbit, backdropped by an false-color illustration of Earth’s magnetosphere. Credit: JAXA Japanese engineers aim to launch an upgraded Epsilon booster Tuesday with a satellite to study the origins of powerful geomagnetic storms, phenomena that trigger picturesque polar auroras but could disrupt communications and and damage electric grids. The…