Epsilon·Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Epsilon
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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 24.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Mass
- 91,000 kg
- Stages
- 4
- Thrust
- 2,271 kN
- First flight
- 2013-09-14
- Total launches
- 6
- Success / Fail
- 5 / 1
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.
Payloads it launched
23 loaded