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Technology DemonstrationLEOCOSPAR 1998-067KSLaunched 12/9/2016
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
HTV-6
Launch Vehicle
H-IIB
Launch Date
12/9/2016
Last Contact
2/5/2017
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
400 km
Inclination
51.64 deg
Dry Mass
1 kg
Total Mass
1 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Technology Demonstration
Payload Category
TECH
Payload Class
A
Organizations
Operator
Tohoku University
Manufacturer
Nakashimada Engineering Works Ltd.
Registry
COSPAR ID
1998-067KS
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/862
Track
Mentions
173
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On approach to the ISS during the Starliner CFT mission, five thrusters failed, causing a loss of six degrees of freedom and preventing movement along the +X axis toward the station.

CapabilityPlanValue 5.0Feb 23, 2026“We failed them”: NASA grapples with Starliner
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During ISS rendezvous, five Service Module Reaction Control System thrusters triggered fail-off FDIR, producing a temporary loss of six degrees of freedom control.

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The Dragon Freedom crew comprised ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyayev.

GeneralValue 2.8Feb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

The four Dragon Freedom crew members launched one day earlier on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

GeneralPlanValue 3.8Feb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

The Dragon Freedom crew spent 34 hours orbiting Earth before reaching and preparing to dock with the International Space Station.

GeneralPlanValue 4.0Feb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom capsule docked to the International Space Station on 14 February at 21:15 Spanish peninsular time, marking the official start of ESA's εpsilon mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Feb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom capsule docked with the ISS on 14 February 2026 at 21:15 CET carrying ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roskosmos cosmonaut Andrej Fedjajew.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 16, 2026Europäische εpsilon-Mission auf der ISS hat begonnen

Star Citizen uses the Star Engine and models high-accuracy Newtonian dogfighting with six degrees of freedom.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.5Feb 5, 2026Why Modern Game Engines Struggle with Real Interstellar Combat Physics

Space Force service components are designed to deliver regionally tailored space effects to geographic and functional combatant commanders to increase joint force lethality, protect freedom of maneuver, enable deterrence, and support mission requirements across their areas of responsibility.

GeneralValue 1.2Feb 4, 2026Space Force stands up SPACEFOR-NORTH for homeland mission

Lonestar Data Holdings completed integration and testing for Freedom, the world’s first physical lunar data center payload.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 7, 2026Space Florida Marks $6 Billion in the Statewide Space Project Pipeline

Cold-gas RCS thrusters on Mira provided 6 degrees of freedom attitude control.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 22, 2025Autonomous Rendezvous and Proximity Mission Completed

Macron stated that France and Europe will not submit to norms imposed by others but will draft them with European allies to preserve freedom of access and action in space.

GeneralLegalValue 1.8Nov 13, 2025Francia aumentará un 70% su presupuesto militar espacial

The DMU41 is a robust, 9 degrees of freedom, high-performance IMU.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 5, 2025Silicon Sensing test program proves IMU performance in space conditions

Operational freedom is a key focus for the UK Ministry of Defense in satellite communications.

GeneralLegalValue 1.2Oct 14, 2025Latest News

The Air and Space Army is tasked with protecting national assets and ensuring freedom of action in and from space.

GeneralValue 1.2Sep 5, 2025El jefe del Ejército del Aire: "España aboga por el uso responsable del Espacio"

mPower's DragonSCALSTM modules feature a flexible structure that significantly enhances design freedom for spacecraft.

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The Eisenhower Administration used the Sputnik-1 overflights and the absence of protests from States to establish the customary international law principle of freedom of outer space, as reflected in a memorandum from the National Security Council dated October 10, 1957.

LegalGeneralValue 3.0Jun 30, 2025Taiwan’s satellites: A lawfare vulnerability and an option to cure and enhance deterrence against the PRC (part 1)

State practice following the Sputnik-1 launch and lack of objections to its overflight contributed to the customary international law principle of freedom of outer space, as reflected in a U.S. National Security Council memorandum dated October 10, 1957.

LegalGeneralValue 2.5Jun 30, 2025Taiwan’s satellites: A lawfare vulnerability and an option to cure and enhance deterrence against the PRC (part 1)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched to the ISS on Freedom in late September, were also aboard the spacecraft.

GeneralValue 3.8Mar 24, 2025A final twist in the Starliner saga

The Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom undocked from the International Space Station in the early morning hours last Tuesday.

PlanValue 3.5Mar 24, 2025A final twist in the Starliner saga