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USERS

Client USEF
Launch date September 10, 2002
Launch vehicle H-IIA
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center
Orbit Altitude: 300 - 600 km
Mass 1,500 kg (at launch) 700 kg (at retrieval)
Electrical power 2,500 W (BOL)
Design life --
Responsibilities Prime contractor
Outline

USERS is a space experiment system developed by the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF), under contract by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy Development Organization (NEDO).

Missions:
Experimental manufacture of high-temperature superconductive materials
Verify technologies and components developed for terrestrial equipment in space applications
Establish autonomous recovery system