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VEP 3
VEP 3 [NASDA]
The VEP 3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 3) was a demonstration payload flown on the second flight of the H-2A launch vehicle.
It consisted of instruments to monitor the thermal and acoustic launch environment on the dual launch adaptor to understand the conditions satellites will encounter while riding H-2A rockets to space. It remained intentionally connected to the cone section of the dual launch system. VEP 3 carried acoustic sensors, accelerometers and temperature sensors.
VEP 3 was also to deploy the DASH reentry demonstrator, before it was separated from the launch vehicle, but this small satellite failed apparently to separate from VEP 3.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NASDA |
| Contractors: | |
| Equipment: | Acoustic sensors, accelerometers and temperature sensors |
| Configuration: | truncated cone |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 33 kg (without adaptor) |
| Orbit: | GTO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEP 3 | 2002-003C | 04.02.2002 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-2024 | with MDS 1, DASH |
Further VEP missions:
