Japan’s H-IIA rocket blasted of from its sea-side launch pad on Tanegashima Space Center on Wednesday, lifting into orbit the Astro-H observatory, set to deliver the highest resolution in high-energy X-Ray spectra to probe the most extreme environments found in the universe.
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A Japanese H-IIA Rocket is rolled to its sea-side launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center to lift the Astro-H X-ray observatory in orbit to deliver unprecedented detail on the most extreme environments in the universe.
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The Astro-H Spacecraft completes pre-launch processing at the Tanegashima Space Center, being installed atop its payload adapter and joining three small secondary payloads in preparation for liftoff atop an H-IIA rocket.
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The fully assembled Astro-H spacecraft at its Tsukuba facility before departing for the Tanegashima Space Center in December 2015 to get ready for liftoff atop an H-IIA rocket in February 2016.
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