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H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · H-IIA 2024 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 9th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,514th orbital launch attempt
February 4, 2002Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 4, 02:45 – Feb 4, 02:45 UTC
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Tsubasa
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.
Planetary Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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