LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
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

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

H-IIA 2024

Description:

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.

H-IIA 2024 rocket
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