H-IIA 202 | JDRS-1
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Nov. 29, 2020, 7:25 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2020, 8:49 a.m.
Nov. 29, 2020, 7:25 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2020, 8:49 a.m.
JDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.
Launch success confirmed.
Refined launch window.
Setting GO per NOTAM P3975/20
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.
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.
INFO WIKI
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