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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEpsilonMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Hisaki (SPRINT-A)
Launched
September 14, 2013
Summary
Hisaki (SPRINT-A) launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Epsilon from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on September 14, 2013. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 27th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,319th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Epsilon flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Hisaki, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 813 × 993 km orbit inclined 29.8°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- イプシロンロケット試験機による惑星分光観測衛星（SPRINT-A）の打ち上げ中継=録画=JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Epsilon flightJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 27th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,319th orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Hisaki · NORAD 39253 · 2013-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-049A
- Epoch
- 2013-09-14 06:29:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.99348536 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0123857
- Inclination
- 29.7708°
- Ascending node
- 134.3013°
- Arg. of perigee
- 38.1243°
- Mean anomaly
- 322.5693°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 3 still in orbit
- Hisaki · NORAD 39253 · in orbit
Epsilon PBS · in orbit
Epsilon 1 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Hisaki, also known as the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) is a Japanese ultraviolet astronomy satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Hisaki carries an extreme ultraviolet spectrometer which will be used to study the composition of the atmospheres and the behavior of the magnetospheres of the planets of the Solar System.
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
31st launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 36th from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
about 7 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Hisaki (SPRINT-A) launch?
Hisaki (SPRINT-A) launched on September 14, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hisaki (SPRINT-A)?
Coverage: イプシロンロケット試験機による惑星分光観測衛星（SPRINT-A）の打ち上げ中継=録画=. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hisaki (SPRINT-A)?
Epsilon, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Epsilon spec sheet
Where did Hisaki (SPRINT-A) launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Hisaki (SPRINT-A) reach?
Hisaki, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 813 × 993 km orbit inclined 29.8°.
How many satellites did Hisaki (SPRINT-A) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).