IGS Optical 9 Launch

Mission brief

The mission

The IGS Optical 9 is a Japanese optical 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.

PayloadIGS Optical 9

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

CustomerMitsubishi Heavy Industries

Stages2

PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Flight plan

Mission timeline

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Mission Announced

Official mission announcement and payload assignment

T-720:00:00

12:00 AM UTC

Mission AnnouncedT-720:00:0012:00 AM UTC
Vehicle RolloutT-48:00:0012:00 AM UTC
Wet Dress RehearsalT-24:00:0012:00 AM UTC

The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Global range

Latitude: 30.401°N
Longitude: 130.976°E

Can I see this?

Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear

Watch

TrackingNo active constraints

Weather rules

Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern: No weather issues
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

12:00 AM UTC – 12:00 AM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

H3-30

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Height63 m

LEO PayloadN/A

Launches71

Successes56

Provider

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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JPN • Founded 1884

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....

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