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H-IIA 202 | Himawari-8

Name: H-IIA 202 | Himawari-8
Start: 2014-10-07T05:16:00.000Z
Location: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H-IIA 202 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 22nd launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 5,411th orbital launch attempt

Success

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

Window: Oct 7, 05:16 – Oct 7, 05:16 UTC

Flight preview

Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.

Earth Science · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

No booster details available.

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