1995 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
SFU & Himawari 5
successH-II | SFU & Himawari 5
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 18, 1995 at 08:01 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Mission
- SFU & Himawari 5
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit