Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Japan
Date
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:20:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4553 ever
Mission
USERS (Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System) was a Japanese microgravity experimental satellite. After 8.5 months in orbit, a reentry vehicle was to be returned to earth with the materials manufacturered in space. DRTS (Data Relay & Tracking Satellite) is an inter-satellite communications experiment satellite to relay data between the target spacecraft (low earth orbit satellites, space stations, etc.) and ground stations.