NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

JDRS-1

Launch Time
Sun Nov 29, 2020 07:25 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

JDRS-1

JDRS 1 is a Japanese data relay satellite with a dual military and civil mission. The satellite was built by Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO), probably using their DS-2000 bus. The military payload is an optical data relay payload to connect with the latest generation IGS-Optical and IGS-Radar reconnaissance satellites.

The civilian payload is JAXA's experimental JDRS-1 (Japanese Data Relay System) payload for use with other JAXA low earth orbit assets to replace DRTS (Kodama). While Kodama was designed to provide high-speed communications through conventional S-band and Ka-band communications, its replacement also adds optical communications systems to further increase its throughput.

JAXA's radio communication payload is DRTS, which is a direct replacement for Kodama.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Stats

2020

98th orbital launch attempt

H-IIA

43rd mission
3rd mission of 2020
42nd successful mission
37th consecutive successful mission