Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 202Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
IGS Optical 6
Launched
February 27, 2018
Image: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Summary
IGS Optical 6 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 202 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 27, 2018. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 32nd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 5,727th orbital launch attempt. It was the 24th H-IIA 202 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 24th H-IIA 202 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 32nd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 5,727th orbital launch attempt21st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; 1 still in orbit
- JSE kougaku 6 gouki · NORAD 43223 · in orbit
H-2A F38 Stage 2 · re-entered April 27, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
45th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 75th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
66 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did IGS Optical 6 launch?
IGS Optical 6 launched on February 27, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IGS Optical 6?
Coverage: H2A38号機打ち上げ 情報収集衛星「光学６号機」搭載; 【現地中継】H-IIAロケット38号機打上げ / H-2ARocket F38 Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched IGS Optical 6?
H-IIA 202, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 202 spec sheet
Where did IGS Optical 6 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit was IGS Optical 6 going to?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did IGS Optical 6 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).