Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V

H-IIA 202

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, January 27, 2013 · 04:40 UTC

Mission

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The IGS Radar 4 & Optical 5V (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are Japanese radar and optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellites serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.

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

29

Pad Launches

56

Location Launches

18

Agency Launches

2

Orbital This Year

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