H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1
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.
IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1
The IGS Radar 1 & Optical 1 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are Japanese radar and optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellites serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
H-IIA 2024
Height 53.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 5000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 4.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 347 Tonnes
Launch Success 6
Consecutive Success 3
Maiden Flight 2002-02-04
Launch Failures 1
