H-IIA 202 | Astro-H (Hitomi)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
Astro-H (Hitomi)
Astro-H is the 6th satellite in a series of X-ray telescopes by JAXA and ISAS. Its 4 instruments on board will cover the X-ray and Gamma ray regions. This region consists of photons with energy ranging from 0.3-600keV, and the telescope will provide the highest resolution ever achieved of 3-10 keV bands. The craft weighs 2.7 tonnes and will be placed into a circular orbit 575km above the ground, with an inclination of 31 degrees.
H-IIA 202
Height 53.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 4100 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2260 kN
Diameter 4.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 10000 kg
Liftoff Mass 285 Tonnes
Launch Success 34
Consecutive Success 34
Maiden Flight 2001-08-29
Launch Failures 0
