Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2024Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Tsubasa
Launched
February 4, 2002
Image: JAXA
Summary
Tsubasa launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2024 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 4, 2002. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 9th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,514th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st H-IIA 2024 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Tsubasa, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 487 × 35,742 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st H-IIA 2024 flightJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 9th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,514th orbital launch attempt3rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tsubasa · NORAD 27367 · 2002-003 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MDS-1
- Object ID
- 2002-003A
- Epoch
- 2002-02-04 19:10:26 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.26586881 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7199016
- Inclination
- 28.5484°
- Ascending node
- 210.227°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.3848°
- Mean anomaly
- 182.625°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.11713
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; 5 still in orbit
- Tsubasa · NORAD 27367 · in orbit
- VEP-3 · NORAD 27368 · in orbit
H-2A F2 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
9th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 33rd from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
158 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Tsubasa launch?
Tsubasa launched on February 4, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tsubasa?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tsubasa?
H-IIA 2024, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2024 spec sheet
Where did Tsubasa launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Tsubasa reach?
Tsubasa, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 487 × 35,742 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did Tsubasa launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).