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H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V

IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V

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Launch Details

Date: 27 Jan 2013, 04:40 am UTC

Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)

Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mission

Type: Government/Top Secret

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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

Mission Description

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.