2013 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V
successH-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V
The IGS Radar 4 & Optical 5V (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) are Japanese radar and optical reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellites serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 27, 2013 at 04:40 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Mission
- IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit