Launch
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
H-IIA 202 | ALOS-2
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Mission
ALOS-2
Earth Science
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
ALOS 2 (Advanced Land Observation Satellite 2) is a planned radar Earth observation satellite to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. It is the follow up to the radar component of ALOS (Daichi)
Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Pad
Location
Asia/Tokyo
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.
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Rocket
H-IIA 202
H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.
Family: H-II
Variant: 202
Details
Min stage: 2
Max stage: 2m
Length: 53.0m
Diameter: 4.0
First Flight: Aug. 29, 2001
Total launch count: 34
Successful launches: 34
Pending launches: 1
Consecutive successful launches: 34
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 10000kg
Launch cost: US$90000000
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 4100kg
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Commercial
JPN
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
1884
President: Seiji Izumisawa
H-I, H-II, H-III
Kounotori | HTV
Agency
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
Details
President: Seiji Izumisawa
1884
H-I, H-II, H-III
Kounotori | HTV
Total launch count: 54
Successful launches: 53
Consecutive successful launches: 6
Failed launches: 1
Pending launches: 13