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IGS Optical 8
H-IIA 202
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITETanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission
The IGS Optical 8 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIA 202
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
H-IIA 202
H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.
- Height
- 53 m
- Diameter
- 4 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 35
- First flight
- 2001-08-29
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Launch site & orbit
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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