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Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretH-IIA 202
Launched 2024-09-26 05:24:20 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
180th
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
4th
launch this year
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
258 d
since the pad's previous launch
The IGS Radar 8 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
Launch Provider
Commercial · Japan · Founded 1884 · President Seiji Izumisawa
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
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Successful
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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Unofficial Webcast by NVS has started
Launch Library 2
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Rescheduled for September 26.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Multiple days delay expected with rocket rolled back to VAB.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrubbed for the day due to upper level winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for September 16.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Postponed from September 11 due to launch site weather, new date TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Late Q3 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweaked approximate launch date per launch manifest (P.129 of source).
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
53m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
10,000kg
Liftoff thrust
2,260kN
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