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H-IIA 202 | IGS-Optical 3

IGS Optical 3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 28 Nov 2009, 01:21 am UTC

Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)

Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Mission

Type: Government/Top Secret

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Description

The IGS Optical 3 is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.