IGS Radar 5H-IIA 202 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch Status Success Thu ยท Mar 16th, 2017 9:20 PM - 9:33 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrFliJY_u88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUbARjJfgvI Mission IGS Radar 5 Type: Government/Top Secret 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. Location Yoshinobu Launch Complex Tanegashima, Japan 35 rockets have launched from Tanegashima, Japan. Rocket H-IIA 202 Length: 53 meters Diameter: 4 meters First Launch: August 29, 2001 H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center. The H-IIA 202 rocket has been launched a total of 22 times with 22 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Type: Commercial Abbreviation: MHI Administration: Seiji Izumisawa Founded: 1884 Launchers: H-I, H-II, H-III Spacecraft: Kounotori, HTV Country: JPN Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI’s products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world’s 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan. View Rocket Launch Schedule