Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2)
H-IIA 2024
FAILURE
Failure
Saturday, November 29, 2003 · 04:33 UTC
Mission
/01Destroyed by range safety after solid booster nozzle burn-through resulted in motor not separating from core.
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
H-IIA 2024
Variant: 2024
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
30.401° N, 130.978° E
13
Pad Launches
37
Location Launches
13
Agency Launches
55
Orbital This Year