LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Feb 21 1998
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kakehashi
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
H-IIDescription:
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.
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