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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Small spacecraft, shared launches and the work of qualification
Explore Epsilon’s solid-rocket heritage, compact ground operations, precision insertion, multi-satellite interfaces and the evidence from flight failures and motor tests.
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NARITA Masahiro's photograph shows the first Epsilon launch vehicle climbing from Uchinoura on September 14, 2013 with the SPRINT-A/Hisaki spacecraft. The timestamped high-resolution frame visibly resolves the white launch vehicle above its bright exhaust plume immediately after liftoff. Credit: NARITA Masahiro. CC BY-SA 3.0. Complete source frame retained; display copies resized and compressed only.
NARITA Masahiro · Image source · CC BY-SA 3.0Your place in the bigger picture
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Connect a launch plume to the forces, mass, and mission choices behind it.
Trace the designs behind scientific and operational launches
Japan’s Epsilon launch program
Small spacecraft, shared launches and the work of qualification
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