H-II | TRMM & ETS 7
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
- TRMM & ETS 7
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) is the first space mission dedicated to quantitatively measuring tropical and subtropical rainfall which is one of the most important and least-known parameters affecting the global climate system. ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite, "Kiku 7") was launched aboard the H-2 No. 6 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in November 1997.mETS-VII itself comprises two satellites: "Orihime" and "Hikoboshi". "Orihime" is a target satellite weighing approximately 400 kilograms. It is placed in a fixed circular orbit at an altitude of roughly 550 kilometers. "Hikoboshi" is a chaser satellite, weighing some 2.5 tons. It moves in a variable orbit to rendezvous and dock with "Orihime". "Hikoboshi" is equipped with a six-jointed, three-clawed robot arm two meters long.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- H-II
- Family
- H-II
- Provider
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Type
- Government
- Country
- JPN
launch site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- JPN
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 30.4008, 130.9777