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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEpsilonMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
RAISE-2 & others
Launched
November 9, 2021
Summary
RAISE-2 & others launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Epsilon from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on November 9, 2021. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 34th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,147th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Epsilon flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Asutarisuku, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 568 × 581 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 13 objects from this launch are catalogued, 11 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Epsilon flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 34th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,147th orbital launch attempt110th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Asutarisuku · NORAD 49395 · 2021-102 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 13 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-102A
- Epoch
- 2021-11-09 13:37:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.99774894 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008973
- Inclination
- 97.576°
- Ascending node
- 13.1009°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.1198°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.2986°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
13 catalogued: 11 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 8 still in orbit
- Asutarisuku · NORAD 49395 · re-entered January 25, 2025
- Oruri · NORAD 49396 · in orbit
- RAISE-2 · NORAD 49397 · in orbit
- NanoDragon · NORAD 49398 · in orbit
- Z-SAT · NORAD 49399 · in orbit
- Hibari · NORAD 49400 · in orbit
- DRUMS · NORAD 49401 · in orbit
- KOSEN-1 · NORAD 49402 · in orbit
- ARICA · NORAD 49403 · re-entered July 15, 2026
- DRUMS Target 1 · NORAD 55685 · re-entered November 5, 2024
- DRUMS Target 2 · NORAD 58954 · re-entered April 15, 2025
Epsilon 5 PBS · in orbit
Epsilon 5 Stage 3 · re-entered January 20, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
8 payloads will fly on this mission : "RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2" (RAISE-2), DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Micro-Satellite), Hibari, Z-Sat, and four CubeSat (ASTERISC, ARICA, NANODRAGON, KOSEN-1).
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
35th launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 42nd from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success confirmed per webcast
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 11/9/2021
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/6/2021 · source
Launch delayed due to weather, no new date announced yet.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2021 · source
Confirmation of new launch window
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2021 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/27/2021 · source
New launch date will be determined after the Oct 25 launch of H-IIA. Putting to a placeholder end of month date for now.
spacevogel · 10/8/2021 · source
Scrubbed due to winds.
SwGustav · 10/7/2021
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/4/2021 · source
Pushing by a couple days. No info yet.
JRascagneres · 10/3/2021
Questions
When did RAISE-2 & others launch?
RAISE-2 & others launched on November 9, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch RAISE-2 & others?
Coverage: 革新的衛星技術実証２号機／イプシロンロケット５号機打上げライブ中継・LIVE: Launch of the Epsilon-5 with Innovative Satellites 2 onboard. Watch the replay
What rocket launched RAISE-2 & others?
Epsilon, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Epsilon spec sheet
Where did RAISE-2 & others launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did RAISE-2 & others reach?
Asutarisuku, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 568 × 581 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did RAISE-2 & others launch?
11 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).