Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V
H-IIA 2024
SUCCESS
Success
Saturday, February 24, 2007 · 04:41 UTC
Mission
/01The IGS Radar 2 & Optical 3V (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
/02Rocket
H-IIA 2024
Variant: 2024
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
30.401° N, 130.978° E
19
Pad Launches
43
Location Launches
22
Agency Launches
6
Orbital This Year