Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencySS-520-5KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
TRICOM-1R
Launched
February 3, 2018
Summary
TRICOM-1R launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency SS-520-5 from KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on February 3, 2018. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 31st launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,722nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st SS-520-5 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Tasuki, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 2,019 km orbit inclined 30.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st SS-520-5 flightJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 31st launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,722nd orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tasuki · NORAD 43201 · 2018-016 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-016A
- Epoch
- 2018-02-03 07:09:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.42619628 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1220638
- Inclination
- 30.9012°
- Ascending node
- 260.7174°
- Arg. of perigee
- 77.8153°
- Mean anomaly
- 55.9657°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Tasuki · NORAD 43201 · re-entered August 21, 2018
SS-520-5 St 3 · re-entered June 22, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals. TRICOM-1R is a replacement for the failed SS-520-4 launch of TRICOM-1.
Pad
KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
7th launch from KS Center, 1st this year · 40th from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
7 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
384 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TRICOM-1R launch?
TRICOM-1R launched on February 3, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TRICOM-1R?
Coverage: 【録画】SS-520 5号機による超小型衛星打ち上げの実証実験; SS-520ロケット5号機"TRICOM-1R" 打上げ / SS-520 Rocket F5 Nano Satellite "TRICOM-1R" Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched TRICOM-1R?
SS-520-5, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. SS-520-5 spec sheet
Where did TRICOM-1R launch from?
KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did TRICOM-1R reach?
Tasuki, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 2,019 km orbit inclined 30.9°.
How many satellites did TRICOM-1R launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).