flown missionSuccess

H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa

Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 — Tanegashima Space Center, JapanFeb 04, 2002, 02:45 UTC

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

mission

Name: Tsubasa
Type: Planetary Science
Target orbit: Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.

schedule

NET (no earlier than): Feb 04, 2002, 02:45 UTC
Window opens: Feb 04, 2002, 02:45 UTC
Window closes: Feb 04, 2002, 02:45 UTC
Last updated: Jun 14, 2023, 03:53 UTC

vehicle & provider

Rocket: H-IIA 2024
Family: H-II
Variant: 2024
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