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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEpsilonMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
RAPIS-1 & others
Launched
January 18, 2019
Summary
RAPIS-1 & others launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Epsilon from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on January 18, 2019. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 33rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,824th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Epsilon flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). RAPIS-1, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 462 × 533 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them payloads.
- Watch
- 革新的衛星技術実証1号機／イプシロンロケット4号機打上げライブ中継JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 4th Epsilon flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 33rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,824th orbital launch attempt4th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
RAPIS-1 · NORAD 43932 · 2019-003 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2019-003A
- Epoch
- 2019-01-18 03:48:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.25183203 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0051909
- Inclination
- 97.291°
- Ascending node
- 80.3853°
- Arg. of perigee
- 211.454°
- Mean anomaly
- 241.7612°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
10 catalogued: 8 payloads, 2 rocket stages; none still in orbit
- RAPIS-1 · NORAD 43932 · re-entered September 25, 2024
- Fuji-OSCAR-98 · NORAD 43933 · re-entered April 30, 2022
- RiseSat · NORAD 43934 · re-entered March 14, 2023
- MicroDragon · NORAD 43935 · re-entered October 1, 2024
- Fuji-OSCAR-99 · NORAD 43937 · re-entered November 9, 2023
- ALE-1 · NORAD 43938 · re-entered October 4, 2023
- Aoba-VELOX IV · NORAD 43940 · re-entered March 24, 2023
- ALE DOM · NORAD 53314 · re-entered August 3, 2022
Epsilon 4 PBS · re-entered November 12, 2024
Epsilon 4 Stage 3 · re-entered August 7, 2019
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A rideshare mission to launch experimental microsats and cubesats. Main payload is RAPIS-1 (RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite 1), which will test several new technologies in space.
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
34th launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 41st from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
365 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did RAPIS-1 & others launch?
RAPIS-1 & others launched on January 18, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch RAPIS-1 & others?
Coverage: 革新的衛星技術実証1号機／イプシロンロケット4号機打上げライブ中継. Watch the replay
What rocket launched RAPIS-1 & others?
Epsilon, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Epsilon spec sheet
Where did RAPIS-1 & others launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did RAPIS-1 & others reach?
RAPIS-1, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 462 × 533 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did RAPIS-1 & others launch?
8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).