SS-520 No. 5 launches TRICOM-1R

The SS-520 No. 5 three-stage sounding rocket launched TRICOM-1R microsatellite from the Uchinoura Space Center, in Kagoshima, Japan, on 3 February 2018, at 05:03 UTC (14:03 Japan Standard Time, JST). TRICOM-1R weights approximately 3 kg and was designed to take photographs of the Earth with its onboard camera. Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)