LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Mon Dec 12 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission TBD
Launch Successful
LAUNCH TIME
1:21 AM UTC
(1:21 AM UTC)
December 12, 2011
Window Open
1:21 AM UTC
(1:21 AM UTC)
Window Close
1:21 AM UTC
(1:21 AM 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