Epsilon S
ActiveJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Sept. 14, 2013
Description
The Epsilon S 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. The first stage is based on SRB-3, the strap-on solid-rocket booster of H3
Specifications
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Stages
4 -
Length
24.4 m -
Diameter
2.5 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.5 m -
Launch Mass
91 T -
Thrust
2158 kN
Family
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Name
Epsilon S -
Family
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Variant
S -
Alias
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Full Name
Epsilon S
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$39000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
600 kg
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Government
Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa
JAXA 2003The 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.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
TBD December, 2024
Epsilon S | RAISE-4 & others
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will 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. 10 of the demonstrations are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitEpsilon S | DESTINY+
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned asteroid exploration mission to 3200 Phaethon, the parent body of the Geminids meteor shower. It will demonstrate further improvements of low cost solar electric propulsion in deep space and innovative light-weight solar array panel technology. The spacecraft will carry 3 science instruments: * DESTINY Dust Analyzer (DDA) * Telescopic Camera for Phaethon (TCAP) * Multiband Camera for Phaethon (MCAP)
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