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DASH
DASH (without DFM motors) [ISAS]
DASH (Demonstrator of Atmospheric reentry System with Hyperbolic velocity) was intended to demonstrate the reentry of a capsule with hyperbolic speed for later application in return capsules of interplanetary probes. The capsule has the same properties as the return capsule of the MUSES C (Hayabusa) mission.
After launch, the DASH spacecraft did most probably not separate from the VEP 3 spacecraft, which served as a carrier. No contact could be established.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Reentry technology |
| Operator: | ISAS, NASDA |
| Contractors: | |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | orbiter with capsule, spin stabilized |
| Propulsion: | DOM solid motor, 2 × DFM solid motors |
| Power: | Batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 89 kg orbiter and capsule, 19 kg capsule |
| Orbit: | 500 km × 36000 km, 28.5° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DASH | 2002-003B | 04.02.2002 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-2024 | with MDS 1, VEP 3 |
References:
- Yasuhiro Morita, Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi, Yoshifumi Inatani, Takashi Abe: Demonstrator of atmospheric reentry system with hyperbolic velocity — DASH (Abstract)
