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H-IIAロケット40号機打上げライブ中継 / Live streaming the launch of H-IIA Rocket No.40

打上げ特設サイトもご覧ください:https://stories.mhi.group/ja/launchservices 10月29日(月)、H-IIAロケット40号機(H-IIA・F40)による温室効果ガス観測技術衛星2号「いぶき2号」(GOSAT-2)及びアラブ首長国連邦(UAE)のドバイ政府宇宙機関であるMB...

H-IIAロケット40号機(いぶき2号/KhalifaSat)打上げ_種子島宇宙センター

2018.10.29に種子島宇宙センターで「いぶき2号(GOSAT-2)」「ハリーファサット(KhalifaSat)」が打ち上げられました。 撮影場所:南種子町 上里地区

温室効果ガス観測技術衛星「いぶき2号」(GOSAT-2)/ H-IIAロケット40号機打上げライブ中継

10月29日(月)、H-IIAロケット40号機による温室効果ガス観測技術衛星2号「いぶき2号」(GOSAT-2)及びアラブ首長国連邦(UAE)のドバイ政府宇宙機関であるMBRSC(The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre)の「観測衛星ハリーファサット(KhalifaSat)」の打上...

KhalifaSat Launch - Live from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

LIVE: Watch KhalifaSat’s launch live from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, aboard the H-IIA rocket from MHI, on 29 October 2018, at 8:08 AM Dubai time ...

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KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan #H2AF40

KhalifaSat is an Earth observation satellite for UAE. KhalifaSat will provide high-resolution imagery of Earth to be used for various purposes, including urban planning, change monitoring, area classification, monitoring environmental change and aiding relief efforts for natural disasters. GOSAT 2 (Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite 2) is a Japanese satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas measurement from space. It's a follow on to the GOSAT mission and includes such improvements as an ability to gather more precise data and monitor carbon monoxide concentrations.

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

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

(MHI)

President: Seiji Izumisawa Founded: 1884 Successes: 53 Failures: 1 Pending: 13

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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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