MISSION NAME
IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V
Status
Success
DATE
27 JAN 2013
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Description
The IGS Radar 4 & Optical 5V (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are Japanese radar and optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellites serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
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.