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 |
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Type / Application: | Reentry technology |
Operator: | ISAS, NASDA |
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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 | |
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DASH | 2002-003B | 04.02.2002 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-2024 | with MDS 1, VEP 3 |