Rocket
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.
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- First flight
- September 14, 2013
- Launches
- 6
- Successful
- 5
- Failed
- 1
- Success rate
- 83.3%
- Height
- 24.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Liftoff mass
- 91 t
- Reusable
- no