LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Sep 10 2002
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

USERS

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(8:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(8:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(8:20 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
  • USERS (Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System) was a Japanese microgravity experimental satellite. After 8.5 months in orbit, a reentry vehicle was to be returned to earth with the materials manufacturered in space.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1