LAUNCH CENTER
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 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: 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