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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
🚀Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) with Rocket Lab
Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) via Rocket Lab
Commercial • USA
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station
Mar 31 at 01:00pm
Launchpad time•+1200
Mar 31 at 12:00am
Your local time•+0000
Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
Mission
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Note: For all launches the scheduled launch dates and times are subject to change due to weather, equipment, crew and other factors.
Mission description
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size.
The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures.
The 8 satellites are:
* MAGNARO-II
* KOSEN-2R
* WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II
* FSI-SAT2
* OrigamiSat-2
* Mono-Nikko
* ARICA-2
* PRELUDE
— Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
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Attending a launch in person
Viewing from the launch site is restricted to site personnel. All areas on the peninsula with a view of the launch are typically closed off on launch day. As such there are usually no publically-accessible spots to view launches at Onenui Station.
This may change in the future as Rocket Lab's commercial operations ramp up.
How to get there
The closest airport is Hawke's Bay Airport (aka Napier Airport) in Napier. From the airport take a rental car 3 hours north to Māhia. Alternatively take a bus to Māhia Peninsula and a taxi the rest of the way. Buses are infrequent in this area as it is mostly rural.
Note that Onenui Station is private property and does not allow general access to the public.
Accomodation
Nearby hotels in Māhia Peninsula.
Nearby parking
Parking not available on-site.
Agency details
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national space agency, involved in space exploration, satellite development, and scientific research. JAXA's achievements include the Hayabusa asteroid missions, contributions to the ISS, and the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles, enhancing Japan's role in global space endeavors.