The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.
The Epsilon rocket is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites. It is a follow-on project to the larger and more expensive M-V rocket which was retired in 2006. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began developing the Epsilon in 2007. It is capable of placing a 590 kg payload into Sun-synchronous orbit.
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Mission Profile
ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) was a Epsilon mission operated by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that lifted off from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on December 20, 2016. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Elliptical Orbit. The launch was a success.