Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
SFU & Himawari 5
H-II
SUCCESS
Success
Saturday, March 18, 1995 · 08:01 UTC
Mission
/01SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
H-II
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
30.401° N, 130.978° E
3
Pad Launches
27
Location Launches
3
Agency Launches
13
Orbital This Year