LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.tlpnetwork.com%2Flaunches%2F2010%2Fakatsuki.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Thu May 20 2010
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission TBD
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(9:58 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(9:58 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(9:58 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
H-IIA 202Description:
H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type:
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1