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H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V

IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V

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Launch Details

Date: 24 Feb 2007, 04:41 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 Radar 2 & Optical 3V (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.