Status
Failure
RAISE-3 & Others
Wed Oct 12, 2022 00:50 UTC
Flight Termination System activated at T+06:28 after rocket was observed not in correct attitude for normal 2nd/3rd stage separation, due to 1 set of 2 RCS thrusters on the 2nd stage motor failing to pressurize, in turn caused by a leak in the diaphragm joint between the helium and hydrazine sides of the RCS fuel tank.
Rocket
Mission Details
RAISE-3
RAISE-3 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-3) is a satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 7 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments.
QPS-SAR 3 & 4
QPS-SAR is a series of small high-resolution X-band SAR (synthetic aperture radar) earth observation satellites by the QPS Institute (iQPS).
These satellites are the first operational satellites of a planned constellation of 36 satellites.
The satellites feature a 3.6 m diameter antenna of only 10 kg. It can distinguish objects 0.7 m long and identify cars on the road. Compared to the prototypes (QPS-SAR 1, 2), these satellites have increased power due to two deployable solar arrays and increased battery capacity. Also, they feature thrusters for station keeping.
CubeSats
5 CubeSats for various Japanese institutions and companies.