Epsilon

Epsilon is Japan's small solid-fueled launcher, built from H-IIA booster technology and designed to be controlled by a small team with laptop computers. From 2013 it launches science and technology satellites such as Hisaki and Arase, until a failure in 2022.

Launches

6

Success rate

83%

1 failure

First flight

14 September 2013

Hisaki (SPRINT-A)

Last flight

12 October 2022

RAISE-3 & others

Builder

IHI

Height

26 m

Diameter

2.5 m

Stages

4

Propellants

Solid, Hydrazine

Payload to LEO

1,200 kg

Payload to SSO

590 kg

Payload to GTO

500 kg