Planetary Science
EXPRESS (Experiment Re-entry Space System) was a multi-national (Germany, Japan, Russia, Australia) project for a small, micro gravity and reentry research spacecraft. The spacecraft was procured from Khrunichev for a cost of 30 Mio. DM.
Orbital Attempt
#3,963
ISAS Mission
#28
Pad Launch
#23
Location Launch
#28
Jan 15, 1995, 1:45 PM
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The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle. Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Local Launch Time
Jan 15, 1995, 10:45 PM
Total Launches
43
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
31.2519, 131.0819
