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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyLaunch FailureCommunicationsH-II
Launched 1999-11-15 07:29 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
H-II lifted off with MTSAT, but the launch failed.
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Japanese communications satellite
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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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