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Tsubasa
H-IIA 2024Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Monday, February 4, 2002 · 02:45 AM UTC
This mission is complete.
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
StagesUnknown
PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Global range
- Latitude
- 30.401°N
- Longitude
- 130.978°E
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
02:45 AM UTC - 02:45 AM UTC
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Profile →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...
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

