flown missionSuccess
H-II | SFU & Himawari 5
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
- SFU & Himawari 5
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
schedule
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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