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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)

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