Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ERG (ARASE)
Epsilon
SUCCESS
Success
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 · 11:00 UTC
Mission
/01The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Epsilon
Launch Pad
Mu Center
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
31.251° N, 131.082° E
32
Pad Launches
37
Location Launches
28
Agency Launches
83
Orbital This Year