USERS
Spacecraft · Japan
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Japanese materials science satellite. USERS (Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System) was a Japanese microgravity experimental satellite. Micro gravity and return satellite built by Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) for Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF), Japan. Launched 2002.
The 1.7-ton (with fuel), 700-W satellite consisted of a ReEntry Module (REM) and a Service Module (SEM) that was to provide power and a communications link to the REM. In turn, REM consisted of a ReEntry Vehicle (REV) and a Propulsion Module (PM). After 8.5 months in orbit, REM was to be separated to deorbit and the REV was to soft-land with its contents at 151E 22N in the Pacific near Japan's Ogasawara Islands. The SEM was to be elevated to a higher orbit.
The SEM had a mass of 800 kg; the REV/PM had a total mass of 926 kg
More at: USERS.
Related
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Vehicles
- H-II, H-IIA, H-IIA 2024
- Launch Sites
- Tanegashima, Tanegashima Y
Chronology
1 event
2002 September 10
08:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima Y. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 2024.- USERS - .
Mass: 1,726 kg (3,805 lb). Nation: Japan.
Agency: NASDA.
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi.
Class: Materials.
Type: Materials science satellite. Spacecraft: USERS.
Decay Date: 2007-06-15 . USAF Sat Cat: 27515 . COSPAR: 2002-042A. Apogee: 508 km (315 mi). Perigee: 497 km (308 mi). Inclination: 30.40 deg. Period: 94.70 min.
Launch delayed from August 2002. First operational flight of H-2A booster. 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.