VEP [NASDA]
The Vehicle Evaluation Payload (VEP), renamed Myojo after launch, was a Japanese spacecraft that was launched by an H-2 rocket from the Tanegashima Tanegashima launch site.
It provided a ranging function as well as functions to measure the acceleration and deformation, in order to confirm the accuracy of the H-2 rocket orbit injection and understand the environment of the payload equipment. It remained intentionally attached to the second stage of the H-2 launch vehicle. It carried the OREX reentry experiment on top, which was deployed in orbit.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Vehicle evaluation |
Operator: | NASDA |
Contractors: | NASDA |
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Power: | Batteries |
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Mass: | 2391 kg (without second stage) |
Orbit: | 449 km × 36261 km, 28.6° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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VEP (Myojo) | 1994-007B | 03.02.1994 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2 | with OREX |