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H-II | Kiku-6
H-II
Aug 28, 1994, 7:50 AM UTC
Aug 28, 1994, 7:50 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- 🇯🇵 JPN