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Orex Reentry Vehicle
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Other Designations: Orbital Re-entry Experiment Vehicle. Code Name: Ryusei. Class: Technology. Type: RV. Nation: Japan. Agency: Japan(Ryusei).

NASDA ballistic capsule used to test materials and acquire data related to atmospheric re-entry for use in design of Japanese HOPE spaceplane. Launch vehicle H-2.

Typical orbit: 450 km x 451 km at 31 degrees inclination. Mass: 865 kg (1,906 lb).

OREX Chronology

1994 February 3 - OREX - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Mass: 865 kg (1,906 lb). Perigee: 450 km (270 mi). Apogee: 451 km (280 mi). Inclination: 30.50 deg. Period: 93.50 min.
Orbital Reentry Experiment. Orbital Re-entry Experiment Vehicle (OREX) Ryusei. Acquisition of data related to atmospheric reentry. Launch vehicle H-II rocket test flight H-II 1F. Launching organization NASDA. Launch time 2220:00 UT.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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Orex
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