February 27, 2018 4:34 am

IGS Optical 6

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H-IIA

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.
Launch Overview
Window Open 04:34 UTC
Window Close 04:48 UTC
Lift Off Feb 27, 2018 · 04:34 UTC
Launch Facility Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch Pad Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Payload IGS Optical 6
Rocket H-IIA
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Launch Overview
Window Open 04:34 UTC
Window Close 04:48 UTC
Lift Off Feb 27, 2018 · 04:34 UTC
Launch Facility Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch Pad Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Payload IGS Optical 6
Rocket H-IIA
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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