Tag: H-IIA

  • Japanese H-IIA rocket successfully lofts GPM Core

    Japanese H-IIA rocket successfully lofts GPM Core

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    The Japanese have launched the centrepiece of the Global Precipitation Measurement constellation, an international partnership aimed at providing a worldwide map of precipitation levels. The GPM Core satellite will serve to provide a reference point with which the rest of the constellation’s data can be calibrated. The launch of the H-IIA rocket took place at 18:37…

  • Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satellite

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    Japan has launched a new Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) known as Optical-4, via their H-2A (H-IIA) launch vehicle. Given the military nature of the payload, only amateur footage of the launch was available, although it did show the vehicle successfully lifted off from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) at 04:36…