Epsilon-3 launched Japan's ASNARO-2 X-band radar Earth-observation satellite from Uchinoura, built by NEC to demonstrate a new commercial satellite platform capable of resolving ground objects about one meter across.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 6 Epsilon flights
- Date and time
- 17 January 2018, 21:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Epsilon
- Builder
- IHI
- Launch site
- Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2018-007
- Launches in 2018
- 7th of 114
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