LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Jun 12 2018
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

IGS Radar 6

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(4:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(4:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(4:33 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

H-IIA 202

Description:

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.

H-IIA 202 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • IGS Radar is a family of Japanese radar reconnaissance satellites that serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. IGS Radar 5 is the fifth generation of satellites. Equipped with synthetic aperture radar, it is able to image targets even in darkness and bad weather.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima, Japan

Pad

Osaki Y LP1