Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2024Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V
Launched
February 24, 2007
Image: JAXA
Summary
IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2024 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 24, 2007. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 22nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,823rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th H-IIA 2024 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 18 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
- 6th H-IIA 2024 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 22nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,823rd orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
18 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 12 debris, 3 components; none still in orbit
- JSE reda-2 gouki · NORAD 30586 · re-entered April 13, 2014
- JSE kougaku-3 g jissho eisei · NORAD 30587 · re-entered November 12, 2013
H-2A F12 Stage 2 · re-entered April 18, 2011
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The IGS Radar 2 & Optical 3V (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
19th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 43rd from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
67 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V launch?
IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V launched on February 24, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V?
H-IIA 2024, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2024 spec sheet
Where did IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit was IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V going to?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).