H-II | SFU & Himawari 5
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
SFU & Himawari 5
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.
H-II
Height 49.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 3930 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 4.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 10060 kg
Liftoff Mass 260 Tonnes
Launch Success 6
Consecutive Success 0
Maiden Flight 1994-02-03
Launch Failures 1
