2017 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
IGS Radar 5
successH-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 17, 2017 at 01:20 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Mission
- IGS Radar 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit