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H-II | Kiku-6

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · H-II · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 2nd launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 3,927th orbital launch attempt

August 28, 1994Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Aug 28, 07:50Aug 28, 07:50 UTC

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Kiku-6

ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.

Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

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Pad — Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

57 launches from this pad · 98 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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