Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MTSAT

Launched

November 15, 1999

Launch Failure

Image: Masamic

Summary

MTSAT launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on November 15, 1999. The mission failed. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 7th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,353rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th H-II flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO).

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: H-II · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Milestone: 7th H-II flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 7th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,353rd orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year

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About this launch

Japanese communications satellite

Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

7th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 31st from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

631 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did MTSAT launch?

MTSAT launched on November 15, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch MTSAT?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched MTSAT?

H-II, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-II spec sheet

Where did MTSAT launch from?

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

What orbit was MTSAT going to?

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.