Rakete
Epsilon
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Japan
The Epsilon 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. It is capable of placing a 590 kg payload into Sun-synchronous orbit.
- Hersteller
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Erstflug
- 14. September 2013
- Starts
- 6
- Erfolgreich
- 5
- Fehlgeschlagen
- 1
- Erfolgsquote
- 83,3%
- Höhe
- 24,4 m
- Durchmesser
- 2,5 m
- Startmasse
- 91 t
- Wiederverwendbar
- nein