Launch Overview
Vehicle
H-IIA 2024
Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Site / Pad
TNSC / Y
Outcome
Success
Flight
H-IIA-3F
COSPAR Designator
2002-042
Mission
USERS & DRTS (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
H-IIA 2024
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Agency launches
10 (2 YTD)
Site launches
34 (2 YTD)
Pad launches
10 (2 YTD)