LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Jan 23 2009
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
GOSAT
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(3:54 AM UTC)
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(3:54 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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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: Earth Science
- Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex