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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsH-II
Launched 1994-08-28 07:50 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
59th
orbital launch attempt in 1994
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2nd
launch this year
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
205 d 9 h
since the pad's previous launch
ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.
Launch Provider
Government · Japan · Founded 2003 · Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Launches
37
Successful
33
89%
Upcoming
2
scheduled
Height
49m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
10,060kg
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