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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEpsilonMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
ASNARO-2
Launched
January 17, 2018
Summary
ASNARO-2 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Epsilon from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on January 17, 2018. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 30th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,713th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Epsilon flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). ASNARO-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 500 × 513 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- 高性能小型レーダ衛星（ASNARO-2）/イプシロンロケット3号機 打ち上げダイジェストJAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
- Epsilon-3 Launch and Flight in Computer GraphicsJAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
- イプシロンロケット3号機 高性能小型レーダ衛星(ASNARO-2) 打ち上げ中継JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Epsilon flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 30th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,713th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ASNARO-2 · NORAD 43152 · 2018-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-007A
- Epoch
- 2018-01-18 00:03:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.22043782 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009353
- Inclination
- 97.3722°
- Ascending node
- 23.9499°
- Arg. of perigee
- 193.5042°
- Mean anomaly
- 254.66°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- ASNARO-2 · NORAD 43152 · in orbit
Epsilon 3 PBS · re-entered August 22, 2024
Epsilon 3 Stage 3 · re-entered July 17, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ASNARO-2 (Advanced Satellite with New system ARchitecture for Observation) is an advanced small X-band radar satellite for Earth observation for Japan. Satellite weighs about 495 kg and is to operate in sun-synchronous orbit.
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
33rd launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 39th from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
393 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ASNARO-2 launch?
ASNARO-2 launched on January 17, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ASNARO-2?
Coverage: 高性能小型レーダ衛星（ASNARO-2）/イプシロンロケット3号機 打ち上げダイジェスト; Epsilon-3 Launch and Flight in Computer Graphics; イプシロンロケット3号機 高性能小型レーダ衛星(ASNARO-2) 打ち上げ中継. Watch the replay
What rocket launched ASNARO-2?
Epsilon, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Epsilon spec sheet
Where did ASNARO-2 launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did ASNARO-2 reach?
ASNARO-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 500 × 513 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did ASNARO-2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).