Japanese manufacturer of spacecraft. Melco, Japan.
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Hinode Japanese solar satellite. One launch, 2006.09.22. Solar satellite with a large optical telescope and an X-ray telescope built by the Smithsonian Observatory. More...
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2006 September 11 - .
04:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima Y.
LV Family:
H-2.
Launch Vehicle:
H-IIA 202.
LV Configuration: H-IIA 202 H-IIA-10.
- IGS-3A - .
Mass: 850 kg (1,870 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: JIDF. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: IGS. USAF Sat Cat: 29393 . COSPAR: 2006-037A. Apogee: 491 km (305 mi). Perigee: 484 km (300 mi). Inclination: 97.3000 deg. Summary: Information Gathering Satellite / Optical-2 military surveillance satellite, launched to replace IGS O-1 launched in 2003, which demonstrated technical problems. The first replacement, IGS-O-2, was lost in a launch failure in 2003..
2006 September 22 - .
21:36 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kagoshima.
Launch Complex:
Kagoshima M-V.
LV Family:
M-V.
Launch Vehicle:
M-V.
LV Configuration: M-V-1 M-V-7.
- Hinode (Solar B) - .
Mass: 870 kg (1,910 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Astronomy. Type: Solar astronomy satellite. Spacecraft: Hinode. USAF Sat Cat: 29479 . COSPAR: 2006-041A. Apogee: 695 km (431 mi). Perigee: 674 km (418 mi). Inclination: 98.1000 deg. Period: 98.50 min. Summary: Solar satellite with a large optical telescope and an X-ray telescope built by the Smithsonian Observatory..
2006 December 16 - .
06:32 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima Y.
LV Family:
H-2.
Launch Vehicle:
H-IIA 204.
LV Configuration: H-IIA 204 H-IIA-11.
- Kiku 8 - .
Payload: ETS-8. Mass: 5,817 kg (12,824 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: ETS. USAF Sat Cat: 29656 . COSPAR: 2006-059A. Apogee: 35,798 km (22,243 mi). Perigee: 35,775 km (22,229 mi). Inclination: 0.0500 deg. Period: 1,436.11 min. Engineering Test Satellite-8 was a Japanese prototype/operational demonstration for a number of new technologies: a large satellite bus, large-scale deployable 40-m-span antennae, mobile satellite communications system, mobile satellite digital multimedia broadcasting, and basic positioning using high-accuracy time standard devices. It will be positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 146 degrees East. JAXA developed two portable terrestrial systems to communicate directly with the satellite - a tiny telephone and a portable laptop computer. The satellite was to have a lifetime of ten years. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 145.97E drifting at 0.010W degrees per day.
2007 February 24 - .
04:41 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima Y.
LV Family:
H-2.
Launch Vehicle:
H-IIA 2024.
LV Configuration: H-IIA 2024 H-IIA-12.
- IGS-2 - .
Payload: IGS 4A. Mass: 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA; CSICE. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Surveillance. Type: Civilian surveillance radar satellite. Spacecraft: IGS. USAF Sat Cat: 30586 . COSPAR: 2007-005A. Summary: Information Gathering Satellite Radar-2. Japanese military satellite using a synthetic aperture radar for all-weather, 24-hour, high-resolution surveillance of the earth..
- IGS-3V - .
Payload: IGS 4B. Mass: 850 kg (1,870 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA; CSICE. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: IGS. USAF Sat Cat: 30587 . COSPAR: 2007-005B. Optical-3 Verification Satellite, an experimental satellite on a six-month mission to test payloads planned for the Optical-3 second-generation Japanese military optical surveillance satellite. The production-type Optical-3 satellite was expected to launch in 2009.
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