Rocket
Epsilon S
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Japan
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
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- First flight
- September 14, 2013
- Launches
- 0
- Successful
- 0
- Failed
- 0
- Scheduled
- 2
- Height
- 24.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Liftoff mass
- 91 t
- Reusable
- no
Upcoming launches of this rocket
- JV-LOTUSat-1 · December 31, 2026