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H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5
H-IIA 202
Mar 17, 2017, 1:20 AM UTC
Mar 17, 2017, 1:20 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- 🇯🇵 JPN