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H3-22 | Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-22 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 51st launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,715th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--July 1, 2024 · 03:06 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

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

Window: Jul 1, 03:06 – Jul 1, 03:19 UTC

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Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) is a Japanese satellite designed to observe the Earth's surface using a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3).

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Flight timeline

  1. P0DLiftoff
  2. T+1M56SBooster Separation
  3. T+3M30SFairing Separation
  4. T+5M3SMECO
  5. T+5M11SStage 2 Separation
  6. T+5M24SSES-1
  7. T+16M25SSECO-1
  8. T+16M45SPayload Separation

Updates

  • Launch success with satellite solar panels deployed and in proper attitude control.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2024 · source

  • Spacecraft separation.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2024 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2024 · source

  • Official Webcast by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構 has started

    LL2 · 7/1/2024 · source

  • Delayed to July 1st due to launch site weather.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/28/2024 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2024 · source

  • NET June 2024; launch vehicle variant TBD.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 4/10/2024 · source

  • Tweaked approximate launch date per launch manifest (P.129 of source).

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/9/2024 · source

Pad — Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Local pad time: Jul 1, 12:06 PM GMT+9

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

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