december, 2017
23dec01:26H-IIA (F37) • GCOM-C
Event Details
Launch Date: December 23, 2017 Launch Window: 01:26:22-01:48:22 UTC Launch Vehicle: H-IIA Launch Operator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch Site: Pad 1, Yoshinobu, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Payload: GCOM-C (Global Change Observation Mission) Satellite Operator: JAXA Secondary Payload: SLATS (Super Low Altitude Test Satellite) A
Event Details
| Launch Date: | December 23, 2017 |
| Launch Window: | 01:26:22-01:48:22 UTC |
| Launch Vehicle: | H-IIA |
| Launch Operator: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Launch Site: | Pad 1, Yoshinobu, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan |
| Payload: | GCOM-C (Global Change Observation Mission) |
| Satellite Operator: | JAXA |
| Secondary Payload: | SLATS (Super Low Altitude Test Satellite) |
A Japanese H-IIA rocket will launch the GCOM-C (Global Change Observation Mission) to collect surface and atmospheric measurements to help follow Earth’s carbon cycle and monitor the radiation budget and their climate implications. The 1,950-Kilogram satellite hosts a single payload known as SGLI (Second Generation Global Imager) to collect polarization-sensitive measurements of aerosols, multi-spectral visible and infrared imagery via push- and whiskbroom scanners. SLATS is riding shotgun on the H-IIA rocket, aiming to spiral down into a 220-Kilometer orbit where it will demonstrate low-altitude operations.
Mission Resources:
🚀 Launch Vehicle Overview: H-IIA 202
🛰 Payload Overview: GCOM-C
🛰 Payload Overview: SLATS
Time
(Saturday) 01:26 UTC
Location
Tanegashima Pad 1
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan, 〒891-3793 Kagoshima-ken, Kumage-gun, Minamitane-chō, Kukinaga, 南種子町茎永麻津
