Moved back to 2025 TBD due to another test firing failure for qualification of the Epsilon-S 2nd stage motor.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency / MISSION BRIEFING
JV-LOTUSat-1
Epsilon S · Earth Science
TBD
LAUNCH TIMETBDTiming is subject to mission updates
Mission image · https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/cb0c27fd-496c-4f74-aa04-9c0e5af33e3c/
Mission overview
Vietnamese Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth observation satellite build by NEC Corporation of Japan, based on Japan's ASNARO 2 satellite and the NEXTAR NX-300L satellite bus. The satellite will contribute to measures against natural disasters and climate change in Vietnam.
- Mission
- JV-LOTUSat-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Listening for verified changes
Activity appears when ORBITAL observes a change between source records. No historical events are invented.
Read source update
NET February 2025.
Schedule history
No changes recorded
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Rocket
Epsilon SJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency · JapanThe Epsilon S rocket is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites. It is a follow-on project to the larger and more expensive M-V rocket which was retired in 2006. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began developing the Epsilon in 2007. The first stage is based on SRB-3, the strap-on solid-rocket booster of H3
Payload
JV-LOTUSat-1
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Classification
- SSO
Launch site
Mu Center
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Latitude
- 31.25098°
- Longitude
- 131.08213°
- Country
- Japan
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
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Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Sep 15, 2025 02:10 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
www.reuters.com · Updated Sep 15, 2025 02:10 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
vnexpress.net · Updated Sep 15, 2025 02:10 UTCMission photographs are provided by the original sources. Their rights remain with their creators; consult the source before reusing an image.