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Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretH-IIA 202
Launched 2015-02-01 01:21 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
4th
orbital launch attempt in 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
1st
launch this year
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
59 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch an Information Gathering Satellite with a radar reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government.
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.
Launches
59
Successful
57
97%
Upcoming
12
scheduled
Height
53m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
10,000kg
Liftoff thrust
2,260kN
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