Epsilon launch vehicle

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The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.

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AI-generated illustration of Epsilon launch vehicle

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Epsilon launch vehicle (The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Epsilon rocket 3
Epsilon launch vehicle canonical 2
Epsilon launch vehicle operations 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
small-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
solid-fuel rocket ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Epsilon rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
designFeature high degree of automation ⓘ
reduced ground support equipment ⓘ
shortened countdown operations ⓘ
designGoal cost-effective small satellite launches ⓘ
reduced launch preparation time ⓘ
simplified operations ⓘ
developer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
family Epsilon rocket family ⓘ
firstStageType solid rocket motor ⓘ
guidanceSystem advanced avionics ⓘ
autonomous onboard guidance ⓘ
launchAzimuth low Earth orbit missions ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit missions ⓘ
launchConfiguration road-transportable segments ⓘ
launchCostGoal lower cost per kilogram to orbit compared to M-V ⓘ
launchEnvironment near-polar orbits ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ
launchServiceMarket small satellite launch market ⓘ
launchSite Mu Center ⓘ
Uchinoura Space Center ⓘ
manufacturer JAXA ⓘ
operator JAXA ⓘ
optionalStage fourth stage ⓘ
primaryUse launching scientific satellites ⓘ
launching small Earth observation satellites ⓘ
launching technology demonstration satellites ⓘ
propellantType solid propellant ⓘ
secondStageType solid rocket motor ⓘ
stageCount three-stage configuration ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorTo M-V launch vehicle ⓘ
targetPayloadClass small satellites ⓘ
technologyHeritage H-IIA avionics technology ⓘ
M-V solid rocket technology ⓘ
thirdStageType solid rocket motor ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → developerOf → Epsilon launch vehicle ⓘ
Epsilon launch vehicle → alsoKnownAs → Epsilon rocket ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon launch vehicle
Epsilon launch vehicle → family → Epsilon rocket family ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon launch vehicle
Uchinoura Space Center → launchesFromHere → Epsilon rocket ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon launch vehicle
M-V rocket → successor → Epsilon rocket ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon launch vehicle
Space Science and Technology Museum → relatedTo → Epsilon launch vehicle ⓘ
JAXA ground and launch network → usedFor → Epsilon launch vehicle operations ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon launch vehicle