EXPRESS
EXPRESS was a recoverable satellite mission launched on 1995-01-15 aboard M-3SII-8 from Uchinoura to demonstrate flexible space-environment experiments, industrial-utilization technologies, and reentry and recovery. A second-stage malfunction prevented the planned orbit; the capsule reentered on 1995-01-16, was recovered in Ghana ten months later, and post-recovery analysis produced thermal, instrument, and flight data.
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Identity
- Aliases
- EXPRESSEXPRESS/KM-MM-3SII-8 EXPRESS1995-001
- Name
- EXPRESS
- Status
- failed
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- Description
- EXPRESS was a recoverable satellite mission launched on 1995-01-15 aboard M-3SII-8 from Uchinoura to demonstrate flexible space-environment experiments, industrial-utilization technologies, and reentry and recovery. A second-stage malfunction prevented the planned orbit; the capsule reentered on 1995-01-16, was recovered in Ghana ten months later, and post-recovery analysis produced thermal, instrument, and flight data.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- End Date
- 1995-01-16
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- EXPRESS did not enter its planned orbit because an M-3SII second-stage malfunction ended the mission during its third Earth rotation; it reentered on January 16, 1995. The capsule was found and recovered in Ghana ten months later, and post-recovery analysis yielded data on thermal resistance, onboard instrument condition, and flight results.
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- Start Date
- 1995-01-15
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 23:30:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 7, 2026 at 21:26:16 UTC
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