NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

IGS-Optical 4

Launch Time
Fri Sep 23, 2011 04:36 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 4

The IGS-Optical 3, and 4 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are the second generation Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. 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 has 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

2011

53rd orbital launch attempt

H-IIA

19th mission
1st mission of 2011
18th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission