JAXA H-IIA 2024 Tsubasa
H-IIA 2024
Status
Success
Date
4 FEB 2002
02:45
Launch Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Overview
MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
Rocket
H-IIA 2024
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The H-IIA rocket family is an expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid fuelled rocket has been used to launch satellites, lunar spacecraft and planetary science craft.
Height
53 m
Diameter
4 m
Launch Mass
347 T