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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.
DSN 2, also known as Kirameki 2, is a geostationary communications satellite to be used for military communications by the Japanese military.
Height 53.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 6000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2260 kN
Diameter 4.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 445 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2006-12-18
Launch Failures 0