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Epsilon | ERG (ARASE)

Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyMu Center — Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace)
Type
Earth Science
Target orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Epsilon
Family
Epsilon
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Type
Government
Country
JPN

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launch site

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