Epsilon Launch Vehicle, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tokyo, Japan

The third Epsilon launch vehicle, Epsilon-3 (イプシロンロケット3), launched NEC Small radar satellite ASNARO-2 (高性能小型レーダ衛星), from JAXA Uchinoura Space Center, Japan, on 17 January 2018, at 21:06 UTC (18 January, at 06:06 Japan Standard Time). ASNARO-2, an acronym of the “Advanced Satellite with New System Architecture for Observation”, is a small (570kg) Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Earth observations.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) solid-fueled Epsilon rocket launched seven different satellites into orbit from Uchinoura Space Center on Jan. 17, 2018. The payloads consisted of the RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-1 (RAPIS-1), developed by JAXA via consignment to Axelspace Co., Ltd. and six ultra-small satellites.

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JAXA’s fifth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (イプシロンロケット5, Epsilon-5) launched the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 mission from the from the Uchinoura Space Center, in Kagoshima, Japan, on 9 November 2021, at 00:55:15 UTC (09:55:16 Japan Standard Time, JST). The main payload is the RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2 (小型実証衛星2号機, RAISE-2), along with TeikyoSat-4 and E-SSOD.

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JAXA’s sixth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (イプシロンロケット6, Epsilon-6) launched the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission from the from the Uchinoura Space Center, in Kagoshima, Japan, on 12 October 2022, at 00:50:43 UTC (09:50:43 Japan Standard Time, JST). The main payload is the RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-3 (小型実証衛星3号機, RAISE-3), that includes LEOMI, SDRX, GEMINI, KIR, TMU-PPT, D-SAIL and HELIOS.
As secondary payloads, Epsilon-6 launched satellites QPS-SAR-3 and QPS-SAR-4; microsatellites KOYOH, PETREL and STARS-X; and CubeSats MAGNARO, MITSUBA, KOSEN-2, WASEDA-SAT-ZERO, FSI-SAT.

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