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TRICOM-1

SS-520-4

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Launch Status
Failure

Mission

TRICOM-1

Type: Earth Science

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.

Trajectory

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Location

KS Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

43 rockets have launched from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.

KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Rocket

SS-520-4 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  • Family: S-Series
  • Length: 9.7 m
  • Diameter: 0.5 m
  • Launch Mass: 3 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 4 kg

The SS-520-4 was manufactured by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency with the first launch on 2017-01-14. SS-520-4 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. 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.

Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency – JAXA

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: JAXA
  • Administration: Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa
  • Founded: 2003
  • Launchers: H-II
  • Country: JPN

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.

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