Tricom-1R

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:03:00

Saturday February 3, 2018

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Launch Notes

SS-520 became the smallest active rocket to successfully launch a satellite.

Tricom-1R

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TRICOM-1R was built based on the 'Hodoyoshi Reliability Engineering' demonstrated by the Hodoyoshi 3 and 4 microsatellites. It was built by the University of Tokyo Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory, with funding allocated from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The store and forward mission involved the satellite storing weak signal data from terrestrial terminals, and forwarding the data when the satellite flies above ground stations. TRICOM-1R will also conduct Earth observation using its main camera and five sub cameras. The name of the spacecraft is partially based on the Japanese word Torikomu, which means 'to take in', due to the store and forward nature of the mission.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

4 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
SS-520

Active 2017 to 2018

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Agency

JAXA

Rocket

Height: 9.54m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4 kg

Fairing

Diameter: 0.52m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Lambda Pad

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Fastest Turnaround

84 days 23 hours

Stats

SS-520


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2018

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency


5th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2018

2018


16th

Orbital launch attempt