Epsilon-4 launch with RAPIS-1 and Cubesats

JAXA’s fourth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (イプシロンロケット4, Epsilon-4) launched RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-1 (小型実証衛星1号機, RAPIS-1) and six cubesats from the from the Uchinoura Space Center, in Kagoshima, Japan, on 18 January 2019, at 00:50:20 UTC (09:50:20 Japan Standard Time, JST). RAPIS-1 aims to perform demonstration of the components and equipment selected in JAXA’s “Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program”. Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) #Epsilon4