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Unmanned Space Experiment Reentry System

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General

Designation	27515 / 02042A
Launch date	10 Sep 2002
Country of origin	Japan
Mission	Scientific: microgravity
Perigee/Apogee	440/455 km
Inclination	30.4°
Period
Launch vehicle	H2A #10

Contains a crystal growth experiment and an automated reentry module that should come back to earth after 8.5 months. First Japanese automatic

Cost: $167 million

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End of life

Decay

30 May 2003

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External resources

http://www.usef.or.jp/english/f3_project/users/f3_users.html

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform	SEM
Mass at launch	800 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	1.3 m x 1.5 m
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	2 years

The reentry vehicle and the propulsion module have a mass of 926 kg.

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