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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 202Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

GOSAT

Launched

January 23, 2009

Launch Successful

Image: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Summary

GOSAT launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 202 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on January 23, 2009. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 25th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,956th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th H-IIA 202 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Ibuki, one of 19 catalogued objects, reached a 677 × 679 km orbit inclined 98.0°. 19 objects from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them payloads.

Watch
No webcast on record.
Vehicle
H-IIA 202 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Booster
No booster details on record.
Mission
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Milestone
4th H-IIA 202 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 25th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,956th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

98.0°Inclination
677 × 679 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
98.2 minPeriodfrom mean elements
134.9°Ascending node
6475 d agoElement epoch2009-01-23 05:00 UTC · stale

Ibuki · NORAD 33492 · 2009-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 19 objects

Show the numbers for orbit elements
Object
TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID
2009-002A
Epoch
2009-01-23 05:00:56 UTC
Mean motion
14.6692614 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.000191
Inclination
98.0206°
Ascending node
134.8903°
Arg. of perigee
186.6038°
Mean anomaly
173.5141°
Element set
999
Rev at epoch
0
B*
0

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.

Catalogued objects

19 catalogued: 8 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 10 debris; 8 still in orbit

  • Ibuki · NORAD 33492 · in orbit
  • Hitomi · NORAD 33493 · re-entered April 19, 2025
  • Raijin · NORAD 33494 · in orbit
  • Kagayaki · NORAD 33495 · in orbit
  • Maido-1 · NORAD 33496 · in orbit
  • SDS-1 · NORAD 33497 · in orbit
  • Kukai · NORAD 33498 · in orbit
  • Kiseki · NORAD 33499 · in orbit

H-2A F15 Stage 2 · in orbit

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.

Pad

Map of Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

22nd launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 46th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

334 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did GOSAT launch?

GOSAT launched on January 23, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch GOSAT?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched GOSAT?

H-IIA 202, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 202 spec sheet

Where did GOSAT launch from?

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

What orbit did GOSAT reach?

Ibuki, one of 19 catalogued objects, reached a 677 × 679 km orbit inclined 98.0°.

How many satellites did GOSAT launch?

8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).