JAXA's Epsilon 5 rocket lifted off from Uchinoura carrying the RAISE-2 technology demonstration satellite plus eight secondary micro- and cubesats into sun-synchronous orbit, testing systems including the MARIN positioning sensor.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 553 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Epsilon flights
- Date and time
- 9 November 2021, 00:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Epsilon
- Builder
- IHI
- Launch site
- Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2021-102
- Launches in 2021
- 111th of 146
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