flown missionSuccess

H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 6

Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
IGS Optical 6
Type
Government/Top Secret
Target orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
Window closes
Last updated

vehicle & provider

Rocket
H-IIA 202
Family
H-II
Variant
202
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Type
Government
Country
JPN

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launch site

Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Country
JPN
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo