MISSION NAME
IGS Optical 6 6
Status
Success
DATE
27 FEB 2018
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Description
Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.
H-IIA 202
Rocket Description
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.