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VEP 2 [NASDA]
The VEP 2 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) was a Japanese spacecraft that was launched by the maiden H-2A-202 rocket from the Tanegashima launch site.
It provided a ranging function as well as functions to measure the acceleration and deformation, in order to confirm the accuracy of the H-2A-202 rocket orbit injection and understand the environment of the payload equipment. It remained intentionally attached to the second stage of the H-2 launch vehicle. It also carried the LRE sub satellite, which was deployed in orbit.
| Nation: | Japan |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NASDA |
| Contractors: | ? |
| Equipment: | ? |
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| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | Batteries |
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| Orbit: | 279 km × 36209 km, 28.14° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| VEP 2 | 2001-038B | 29.08.2001 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-202 | with LRE |
Launch Sites:
- Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
Further VEP missions:
