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SS-520

In-active

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Jan. 14, 2017

Description

The fourth configuration of SS-520. It would have been the smallest and lightest vehicle to put something into orbit, but it lost telemetry and was told to abort, falling into the ocean.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
9.7 m
Diameter
0.5 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
3.0 T
Thrust
―
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
1000.0 km

Family

Name
SS-520
Family
―
Variant
4
Alias
―
Full Name
SS-520-4

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
4.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Government

Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa

JAXA 2003

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.

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

SS-520-4 | TRICOM-1

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Jan. 14, 2017, 11:33 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals.

Low Earth Orbit

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