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Tsubasa

H-IIA 2024Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Monday, February 4, 2002 · 02:45 AM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

H-IIA 2024

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H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been use...

Height53 m
LEO Payload10,000 kg
Launches39
Successes33

Provider

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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JPN • Founded 2003

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...

Mission Brief

MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.

PayloadTsubasa
OrbitElliptical Orbit
CustomerJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Stages2
PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Timeline

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Launch Site

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

LAUNCH SITE
30.401°N, 130.978°E

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.