2018-007A
ASNARO-2, with an X-band SAR, was built by NEC for METI. Box plus 2 wings 1.5 x 1.5 x 3.9m, 6.0m span. Mass 570 kg.
Launch vehicle ε-3 イプシロンロケット3号機 with PBS 小型液体推進系 'small liquid propulsion system'.
PBS is 1.3m long 2.0m dia 400 kg full with 100 kg prop and 200 N thrust, 215s Isp from its monopropellant hydrazine engine
The 'reinforced' Epsilon used in Epsilon-2 was topped with the post-boost stage and a low-impact satellite separation mechanism. Launch on 121 azimuth. The revised PBS has 130 kg of propellant in a single tank.
| ASNARO2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Jan 17 | 2106:11 | Launch by Epsilon from Uchinoura | |
| T+1:48 St 1 burnout 74 km 2.3 km/s | |||
| T+2:31 Fairing sep 123 km 21 km/s | |||
| T+2:41 St 1 sep 132 km 2.0 km/s | |||
| T+2:45 St 2 burn 135 km 2.0 km/s | |||
| T+4:54 St 2 burnout 215 km 4.8 km/s | |||
| T+6:30 St 2 sep 242 km 4.7 km/s | |||
| T+6:34 St 3 burn 242 km 4.7 km/s | |||
| 2114:13 | T+8:02 St 3 burnout 234 km 7.9 km/s | ||
| 2116:05 | T+9:54 St 3 sep 240 km 7.9 km/s | 93.33 231 x 644 x 97.8 | |
| 2120:42 | T+14:31 PBS-1 269 km 7.8 km/s | ||
| 2125:58 | T+19:47 PBS-1 MECO, 317 km 7.8 km/s | ||
| 2149:15 | T+43:04 PBS-2 511 km, 7.5 km/s | ||
| 2156:22 | T+50:11 PBS-2 MECO, 516 km, 7.6 km/s | ||
| 2158:46 | T+52:35 ASNARO-2 sep | 94.6 493 x 506 x 97.4 | |
