Epsilon Launch Vehicle - Advanced Solid Rocket (ASR)

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Если у кого есть желание читать японский. Спецномер посвещеннй космонавтике (сентябрь 2017) от IHI 
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/ihi/technology/review_library/review/2017/57_03.html

Epsilon
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/72efdeb7ffaf44a44d99e445dc420dc8.pdf
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/2de3e8c0aac4f00ed25bf87b78952415.pdf
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/93e3e879ac457fde43b9516c19c08b03.pdf

H3 тоже не забыта
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/5ff86c35c71127750620e91210685c86.pdf
 https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/47ef12dc1c5243831583c126ed553e17.pdf

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Чего это коптит? Управление по крену или , может, привода качания сопла?

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JAXA и IHI подписали соглашение на разработку и эксплуатацию Epsilon с использованием разработок по H3 в рамках Epsilon S, где частникам кажется дается возможность выйти на рынок. Одна из ПН для РН спутник для Вьетнама. Сами заявления содержат много слов и картинок, а так же видео

 Скрытый текст:

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2020/06/20200612-1-1_e.html
Launch Agreement of Vietnamese Earth Observation Satellite "LOTUSat-1"
by Epsilon Launch Vehicle
June 12, 2020 (JST)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has signed a contract with NEC Corporation (NEC) to launch a Vietnamese Earth observation satellite "LOTUSat-1" by Japan's Epsilon Launch Vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. LOTUSat-1 is developed and manufactured by NEC and scheduled for launch in 2023. ... LOTUSat-1 will be launched onboard a demonstration flight of the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle Project....

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2020/06/20200612-1-2_e.html

Signing of the "Basic Agreement on the Development of the Epsilon S
Launch Vehicle and the Implementation of the Launch Service Business"
June 12, 2020 (JST)

National Research & Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pleased to announce that it has entered into the Basic Agreement(*2) with IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD. (IA) on the development of the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle(*1) and its launch service business. ....

The Basic Agreement specifies essential matters such as roles of JAXA and IA during the development and operational stages. The main goal is to establish a framework which enables the private business operator IA to independently expand its launch service business using the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle......
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【Project Title】
English Title   :Epsilon S Launch Vehicle Project
Alias   :Epsilon S
"S" stands for Synergy (with H3), Speed (Responsive), Smart (Higher performance), Superior (Competitive), and Service (User-friendly Launch Service).
...
Outline of the Basic Agreement
 The Basic Agreement specifies essential matters such as roles of JAXA and IA during the development and operational stages. The main goal is to establish a framework which enables the private business operator IA to independently expand its launch service business using the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle, as well as to transform Japan's space transportation system into an independent and sustainable business structure by maintaining and advancing the space industrial basis.

 While JAXA oversees the development of overall systems (rocket system and launch facility system) for the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle, the private business operator takes initiatives in the development of the rocket system with a viewpoint to independently advance launch service business using the Epsilon S Launch Vehicle.
...

【Main Features: Epsilon S Launch Vehicle】
Launch Capability:
Sun Synchronous Orbit:Over 600 kg (Altitude: 350 to 700 km)
(Extra goal: Over 800 kg (Altitude: 350 km))
Low Earth Orbit: Over 1,400 kg (Altitude: 500 km, Orbit Inclination Angle: 31.1 deg)
Expandability for Multiple Satellites Launch
Orbit Insertion Accuracy:
Altitude Error: ±15 km or less, Orbit Inclination Angle Error: ±0.15 degree or less
Satellite Environment: World First-class Acoustic, vibration and impact environments
Launch Price: Competitive price range in the world market for small satellite launch.
Launch Slot: Two launches or more in three months
Period from Contract Conclusion to Launch: Within 12 months
Period from Satellite Acceptance to Launch: Within 10 days
Late Access (Final Access to Satellite): Until 3 hours prior to lift off
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Еще о изменениях написано на
jp http://www.rocket.jaxa.jp/rocket/epsilon/
en http://www.rocket.jaxa.jp/e/rocket/epsilon/