Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2022Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Kaguya
Launched
September 14, 2007
Image: JAXA
Summary
Kaguya launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2022 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on September 14, 2007. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 23rd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,859th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd H-IIA 2022 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Lunar Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
- Milestone
- 3rd H-IIA 2022 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 23rd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,859th orbital launch attempt42nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage
- Kaguya · NORAD 32054 · left Earth orbit September 14, 2007
- Okina · NORAD 32055 · left Earth orbit September 14, 2007
- Ouna · NORAD 32056 · left Earth orbit September 14, 2007
H-2A F13 Stage 2 · left Earth orbit September 14, 2007
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Kaguya, also known as SELENE, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Kaguya usede a suite of 15 instruments to gather scientific data on lunar origins and evolution. The main orbiter was accompanied by two smaller satellites: a relay satellite Okina and a satellite Ouna for Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations. Kaguya orbited the Moon for a year and eight months and then ended the mission via a planned impact on the lunar surface.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
20th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 2nd this year · 44th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
201 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Kaguya launch?
Kaguya launched on September 14, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Kaguya?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Kaguya?
H-IIA 2022, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2022 spec sheet
Where did Kaguya launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit was Kaguya going to?
Lunar Orbit (LO), a lunar exploration mission.
How many satellites did Kaguya launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).