Epsilon Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Epsilon family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Epsilon made 6 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2013 and 2022. Of those, 5 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 83 percent. The busiest year was 2013, with 1 flight. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2022.

6
Launch attempts
5
Successes
1
Failures
83%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2022 1 0 1 0%
2021 1 1 0 100%
2019 1 1 0 100%
2018 1 1 0 100%
2016 1 1 0 100%
2013 1 1 0 100%

Variants

Counts for each Epsilon variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.

Variant Flights Successes Failures First year Last year
Epsilon 6 5 1 2013 2022

Recent launches

The most recent Epsilon family launches, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Vehicle Site / Pad Outcome
Oct 12, 2022 2022-F04 E-6 : FSI-SAT, KOSEN-2, MAGNARO
+5 more , WASEDA-SAT-ZERO, MITSUBA, QPS-SAR 4, QPS-SAR 3, RAISE-3
Epsilon USC / EP Failure
Nov 9, 2021 2021-102 E-5 : DRUMS Target 2, DRUMS Target 1, ARICA
+8 more , KOSEN-1, DRUMS, Hibari, Z-SAT, NanoDragon, RAISE-2, TeikyoSat-4, ASTERISC
Epsilon USC / EP Success
Jan 18, 2019 2019-003 E-4 : ALE Drag sail, Aoba-VELOX IV, ALE-1
+5 more , Nexus, MicroDragon, Hodoyoshi-2, OrigamiSat-1, RAPIS-1
Epsilon USC / EP Success
Jan 17, 2018 2018-007 E-3 : ASNARO 2 Epsilon USC / EP Success
Dec 20, 2016 2016-080 E-2 : ERG Epsilon USC / EP Success
Sep 14, 2013 2013-049 E-1 : SPRINT-A Epsilon USC / EP Success