Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Tsubasa

H-IIA 2024

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, February 4, 2002 · 02:45 UTC

Mission

/01

MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

H-IIA 2024

Variant: 2024

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

30.401° N, 130.978° E

9

Pad Launches

33

Location Launches

9

Agency Launches

3

Orbital This Year

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