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USERS |
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| Client |
USEF |
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| 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 |
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