Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
H-II | Kakehashi
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Launch Successful
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 6th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,219th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 21, 07:55 – Feb 21, 07:55 UTC
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Kakehashi
COMETS (Communication Engineering Test Satellite) a two-ton geostationary three-axis stabilized satellite, is being created to develop the new technologies required for future fields in communications and broadcasting.
Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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