Launch index
Launch Successful

H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5

March 17, 2017 at 1:20 AM UTC

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5 launch image
Mission imagery · H-IIA 202

Launch details

LAUNCH IN

T−00d00h00m00s

March 17, 2017 at 1:20 AM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · 30.4008, 130.9778

Open map
Rocket
H-IIA 202
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Launch probability
-1%
Window opens
March 17, 2017 at 1:20 AM UTC
Window closes
March 17, 2017 at 1:33 AM UTC
Feed updated
June 14, 2023 at 3:53 AM UTC

Mission description

IGS Radar is a family of Japanese radar reconnaissance satellites that serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. IGS Radar 5 is the fifth generation of satellites. Equipped with synthetic aperture radar, it is able to image targets even in darkness and bad weather.

Mission media

Watch the launch.

情報収集衛星「レーダー5号」打ち上げ成功

Full video record
Vehicle

H-IIA 202

H-II · 202

Height

53 m

Diameter

4 m

LEO capacity

10,000 kg

Successful launches

35

Launch complex

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

The Tanegashima Space Center is the largest rocket-launch complex in Japan. It is located on the southeastern tip of Tanegashima, an island located south of Kyushu, an island and region and Japan. It was established in 1969 when the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) was formed, and is now run by JAXA. The activities that take place at TNSC include assembly, testing, launching, and tracking satellites, as well as rocket engine firing tests.

Open map