LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Aug 28 1994
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kiku-6
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(7:50 AM UTC)
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(7:50 AM UTC)
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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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
- 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