2024 · Rocket Lab
On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)
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The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) mission consists of a spacecraft developed and operated by Astroscale aiming to rendezvous with and characterize a large piece of debris. Its target is the H-2A upper stage left in Low Earth Orbit after the launch of the GOSAT Earth observation satellite in 2009.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 18, 2024 at 02:52 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
- Mission
- On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit