NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

IGS-Optical 3

Launch Time
Sat Nov 28, 2009 01:21 UTC

Rocket

H-IIA 202
Image Credit: MHI
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $90.0 million
Payload to LEO: 10,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,100 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 53.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.07 m
Fairing Height: 12.0 m

Mission Details

IGS-Optical 3

The IGS-Optical 3, and 4 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are second-generation Japanese optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.

IGS-Optical 3 ended operations in September 2017 after a malfunction occurred in the power supply system.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,000.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Stats

2009

69th orbital launch attempt

H-IIA

16th mission
2nd mission of 2009
15th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission