Tag: H-2A
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Japanese spy satellite launch delayed by poor weather forecast
File photo of a Japanese H-2A rocket. Credit: JAXA A bad weather forecast has prompted Japanese space officials to delay the launch of an H-2A rocket with a high-resolution government-owned reconnaissance satellite by at least 48 hours until Monday night, U.S. time. Ground crews at the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan’s primary spaceport in the southwestern…
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Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off with two satellites
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0300 GMT Saturday (10:00 p.m. Friday) with confirmation of a successful launch. A Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off at 0126:22 GMT Saturday (8:26:22 p.m. EST Friday) from the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA Two research satellites to probe Earth’s climate patterns and test ion engine technology to counter atmospheric drag in an…
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Live coverage: Japanese navigation satellite launches on H-2A rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with the Michibiki 4 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Successful H-2A rocket launch rounds out Japanese navigation network
Credit: JAXA Japan’s regional satellite navigation network, conceived to improve GPS coverage over Japanese territory, received its fourth member Monday with an on-target H-2A rocket launch. The addition of the Michibiki 4 satellite puts Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System on course to begin full operational service early next year, coming after the launch of the network’s…
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Japan’s MHI wins deal to launch satellite for Inmarsat
The Inmarsat 6 F1 satellite will launch in 2020 on an H-2A rocket fitted with four solid rocket boosters. This photo shows the H-2A “204” launcher shortly after takeoff in November 2015. Credit: MHI Inmarsat has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch the first of two planned sixth-generation communications satellites on an H-2A rocket in…
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Video: H-2A rocket lifts off from Tanegashima
Japan’s 35th H-2A rocket blasted off Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center, flying into orbit in its most powerful configuration with a geostationary navigation satellite. The 174-foot-tall (53-meter) rocket took off at 0529 GMT (1:29 a.m. EDT; 2:29 p.m. Japan Standard Time) with Michibiki 3, the third in a series of at least four Japanese…
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Japan launches navigation satellite after week-long delay
Japan’s H-2A rocket lifts off Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: MHI A Japanese H-2A rocket soared away from a launch pad on a rocky overlook on the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, hauling into orbit the country’s third Michibiki satellite to join a constellation of navigation aids to improve positioning services across the country.…
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Japanese H-2A rocket launch rescheduled for Saturday
A photo of the H-2A rocket on the launch pad during a launch attempt Aug. 12. Credit: MHI A heavy-duty version of Japan’s H-2A rocket is now scheduled to lift off Saturday with a geostationary navigation satellite after a week-long delay to diagnose and resolve a leak in the rocket’s propulsion system, the Japanese space…
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H-2A rocket grounded by problem in propulsion system
The H-2A rocket topped with the Michibiki 3 navigation satellite awaits liftoff from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Credit: JAXA A Japanese launch crew filled an H-2A rocket with cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants in time for a planned liftoff Saturday with a geostationary navigation satellite, but…
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Live coverage: H-2A rocket blasts off with navigation satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with the Michibiki 3 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.