LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Mar 18 1995
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
SFU & Himawari 5
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(8:01 AM UTC)
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(8:01 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(8:01 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
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: Astrophysics
- SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex