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DSN 2 (Kirameki 2)
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 24 Jan 2017, 07:44 am UTC
Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)
Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
DSN 2, also known as Kirameki 2, is a geostationary communications satellite to be used for military communications by the Japanese military.