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USERS & DRTS

H-IIA 2024Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tuesday, September 10, 2002 · 08:20 AM UTC

This mission is complete.

Mission Brief

USERS (Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System) was a Japanese microgravity experimental satellite. After 8.5 months in orbit, a reentry vehicle was to be returned to earth with the materials manufacturered in space. DRTS (Data Relay & Tracking Satellite) is an inter-satellite communications experiment satellite to relay data between the target spacecraft (low earth orbit satellites, space stations, etc.) and ground stations.

PayloadUSERS & DRTS
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
CustomerJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
StagesUnknown
PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Timeline

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Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
30.401°N
Longitude
130.978°E

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules

Tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern
No weather issues
Rule count
0
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

08:20 AM UTC - 08:20 AM UTC

Vehicle

H-IIA 2024

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HeightN/A
LEO PayloadN/A
Launches39
Successes33

Provider

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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JPN • Founded 2003

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.