Epsilon F5 with RAISE-2 and 8 other satellites - November 9, 2021 (00:55 UTC)

[eeergo]

Some high-res:

https://twitter.com/koumeiShibata/status/1457910180058787845

https://twitter.com/asahi_photo/status/1457886353820053505

https://twitter.com/Ishide_Taka/status/1457916289721110530

[jcm]

No TLEs yet this morning...

[PM3]

The list of satellites:

RAISE 2
ARICA
ASTERISC
DRUMS
HIBARI
KOSEN 1
NanoDragon
TeikyoSat 4
Z-Sat

Drums just released its second piggypack payload, Drums Target-2 (2021-102N). The first one - Drums Target-1 (2021-102M) - had been released in February 2023.

Now all 11 satellites from this launch are in orbit, two of them unidentified (Arica and NanoDragon), and one extra unidentified object. Which may be some "Epsilon debris" like in the 2018 and 2019 launch.

[koroljow]

According to this (https://www.khi.co.jp/news/detail/20240315_1.html) target(s?) release occured already in December, 2023.


In this technology demonstration, virtual debris was released into orbit on December 26, 2023, and a series of demonstrations were conducted in which DRUMS autonomously extended its tracking, approach, and capture mechanism, allowing the satellite to approach the debris. We were able to obtain an outlook on the technology to capture them.