LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Mon Feb 04 2002
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Tsubasa
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(2:45 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(2:45 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:45 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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Rocket Details
Name:
H-IIA 2024Description:
The H-IIA rocket family is an expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid fuelled rocket has been used to launch satellites, lunar spacecraft and planetary science craft.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Planetary Science
- MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex