Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 202Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
IGS-Optical 3
Launched
November 28, 2009
Image: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Summary
IGS Optical 3 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 202 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on November 28, 2009. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 26th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,023rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th H-IIA 202 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 5th H-IIA 202 flight · 2nd this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 26th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,023rd orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 7 debris; 1 still in orbit
- JSE kougaku-3 gouki · NORAD 36104 · in orbit
H-2A F16 Stage 2 · re-entered November 28, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The IGS Optical 3 is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
23rd launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 2nd this year · 48th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
308 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did IGS Optical 3 launch?
IGS Optical 3 launched on November 28, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IGS Optical 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IGS Optical 3?
H-IIA 202, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 202 spec sheet
Where did IGS Optical 3 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit was IGS Optical 3 going to?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did IGS Optical 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).