flown missionFailure

Mu-3S-II | EXPRESS

Institute of Space and Astronautical ScienceMu Center — Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

mission

Name
EXPRESS
Type
Planetary Science
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

EXPRESS (Experiment Re-entry Space System) was a multi-national (Germany, Japan, Russia, Australia) project for a small, micro gravity and reentry research spacecraft. The spacecraft was procured from Khrunichev for a cost of 30 Mio. DM.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Mu-3S-II
Family
Mu
Variant
S-II
Provider
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Type
Government
Country
JPN

launch site

Pad
Mu Center
Location
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Country
JPN
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo