Mission record

H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5

H-IIA· Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
Japan
Date
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 01:20:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5631 ever

Mission

IGS Radar is a family of Japanese radar reconnaissance satellites that serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. IGS Radar 5 is the fifth generation of satellites. Equipped with synthetic aperture radar, it is able to image targets even in darkness and bad weather.

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