june, 2018
11jun00:00H-IIA (F39) • IGS Radar 6

Event Details
Launch Date: June 11, 2018 Launch Window: 04:00-06:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: H-IIA Launch Operator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch Site: Yoshinobu, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Payload: IGS Radar 6 Payload Type: Radar Reconnaissance Satellite A Japanese H-IIA rocket will launch the sixth operational
Event Details
Launch Date: | June 11, 2018 |
Launch Window: | 04:00-06:00 UTC |
Launch Vehicle: | H-IIA |
Launch Operator: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Launch Site: | Yoshinobu, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan |
Payload: | IGS Radar 6 |
Payload Type: | Radar Reconnaissance Satellite |
A Japanese H-IIA rocket will launch the sixth operational radar reconnaissance in Japan’s Information Gathering Satellite System. Japan initiated the Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) Program in 1998 as the country’s first space-based intelligence program to collect data over foreign territories to warn of any potential military threats in the Asia-Pacific Region. The program was in large part driven by the test launch of a North Korean Taepodong rocket that overflew the Japanese territory in 1998 in an apparent attempt to place an object into orbit using a modified intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Mission Resources:
? Launch Vehicle Overview: H-IIA 202
? Payload Overview: Information Gathering Satellites
Time
(Monday) 00:00 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