Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

IGS Radar 5

H-IIA 202

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, March 17, 2017 · 01:20 UTC

Mission

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IGS Radar is a family of Japanese radar reconnaissance satellites that serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. IGS Radar 5 is the fifth generation of satellites. Equipped with synthetic aperture radar, it is able to image targets even in darkness and bad weather.

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

40

Pad Launches

70

Location Launches

32

Agency Launches

16

Orbital This Year

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