LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Sat Feb 21 1998
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Kakehashi

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(7:55 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(7:55 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(7:55 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

H-II

Description:

The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.

H-II rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • COMETS (Communication Engineering Test Satellite) a two-ton geostationary three-axis stabilized satellite, is being created to develop the new technologies required for future fields in communications and broadcasting.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima, Japan

Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex