Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

IGS Optical 6

H-IIA 202

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 · 04:34 UTC

Mission

/01

Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

H-IIA 202

Variant: 202

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

30.401° N, 130.978° E

45

Pad Launches

75

Location Launches

32

Agency Launches

21

Orbital This Year

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