November 9, 2021 (JST)

National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2* aboard the fifth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-5) from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center. The launch proceeded on time at 9:55:16 a.m., (Japan Standard Time, JST) November 9, 2021.
The launch vehicle flew as planned, and JAXA confirmed that the RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2 (RAISE-2) was successfully separated at about 52 minutes and 35 seconds after liftoff, and TeikyoSat-4, ASTERISC, Z-Sat, DRUMS, HIBARI, KOSEN-1, ARICA, and NanoDragon were successfully separated at about 1 hour, 6 minutes and 29 seconds to 1 hour and 11 minutes and 37 seconds after liftoff.

JAXA appreciates all for the support shown in behalf of the Epsilon-5 launch.

(*) The Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration- 2 consists of the following nine satellites.

RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2 (RAISE-2)
Microsatellites: HIBARI, Z-Sat, DRUMS, TeikyoSat-4
CubeSats: ASTERISC, ARICA, NanoDragon, KOSEN-1