LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sun Aug 28 1994

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Kiku-6

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(7:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(7:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(7:50 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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Communications
ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima, Japan

Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex