Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 202Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
LRE
Launched
August 29, 2001
Image: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Summary
LRE launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 202 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on August 29, 2001. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 8th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,490th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st H-IIA 202 flight. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO). LRE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 284 × 36,216 km orbit inclined 28.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)
- Milestone
- 1st H-IIA 202 flightJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 8th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,490th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
LRE · NORAD 26898 · 2001-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- LRE
- Object ID
- 2001-038A
- Epoch
- 2001-08-29 02:18:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.24719793 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7297055
- Inclination
- 28.1257°
- Ascending node
- 119.5428°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.5119°
- Mean anomaly
- 186.5484°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- LRE · NORAD 26898 · in orbit
H-2A F1 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.1 (H-IIA/F1) was launched at 4:00 p.m. on August 29, 2001, Japan Standard Time, from Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle was successfully lifted off with its flight azimuth of 90 degrees. The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.1 flied normally, and the second stage was successfully injected into the geostationary transfer orbit. The separation of the Laser Ranging Equipment (LRE) was confirmed about 39 minutes and 47 seconds after the lift-off.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
8th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 32nd from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
652 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did LRE launch?
LRE launched on August 29, 2001. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch LRE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched LRE?
H-IIA 202, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 202 spec sheet
Where did LRE launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did LRE reach?
LRE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 284 × 36,216 km orbit inclined 28.1°.
How many satellites did LRE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).