H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 7

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H-2Aロケット41号機情報収集衛星光学7号打上げ中止に関する記者会見

機体に窒素ガス空調を供給する設備配管に過大な外部漏洩が発生していることが判明したため、28日の打上げを中止したH-2Aロケット41号機についての会見を中継します

IGS Optical 7

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 7, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite. Japan began development of IGS in the late 1990s, following North Koreaâ€™s attempted satellite launch in 1998. Although the North Korean launch failed to reach orbit, the rocket carrying it crossed Japan during its ascent, sparking fears that North Korean missiles would be able to target the islands. With IGS, Japan aimed to develop an independent reconnaissance capability to monitor future threats. The constellation can also be used for disaster monitoring and other civilian applications by the Japanese government.

H-IIA

Family:
Configuration: 202

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 used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
53.0 m
Diameter
4.0 m
Fairing Diameter
4.0 m
Launch Mass
285.0 T
Thrust
2260.0 kN

Family

Name
H-IIA
Family
―
Variant
202
Alias
―
Full Name
H-IIA 202

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$90000000
Low Earth Orbit
10000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
4100.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

In-active Cargo Unmanned

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Serial Number:

Details

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

(MHI)

President: Seiji Izumisawa Founded: 1884 Successes: 54 Failures: 2 Pending: 9

Agency Type:

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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