Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2024Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1
Launched
March 28, 2003
Image: JAXA
Summary
IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2024 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on March 28, 2003. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 12th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,585th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd H-IIA 2024 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 3rd H-IIA 2024 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 12th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,585th orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; none still in orbit
- JSE kougaku-1 gouki · NORAD 27698 · re-entered July 18, 2014
- JSE reda-1 gouki · NORAD 27699 · re-entered July 26, 2012
H-2A F5 Stage 2 · re-entered June 3, 2012
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The IGS Radar 1 & Optical 1 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are Japanese radar and optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellites serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
12th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 36th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
103 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 launch?
IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 launched on March 28, 2003. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1?
H-IIA 2024, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2024 spec sheet
Where did IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit was IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 going to?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).