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H-IIA

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H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. [1]

68 relations: ADEOS II, Advanced Land Observation Satellite, Akatsuki (spacecraft), Alliant Techsystems, ALOS-2, Arirang-1, Castor (rocket stage), Comparison of orbital launch systems, Comparison of orbital launchers families, Coordinated Universal Time, DSN-2, ETS-VIII, Expendable launch system, FedSat, Geostationary orbit, Geostationary transfer orbit, Global Change Observation Mission, Global Precipitation Measurement, Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, GTO, H-II, H-IIB, Hayabusa2, Hayato (satellite), Himawari 8, Himawari 9, Hitomi (satellite), Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, IKAROS, Information Gathering Satellite, Japan, JAXA, LE-5, LE-7, Leo, Liquid hydrogen, Liquid oxygen, Liquid rocket booster, List of H-I and H-II launches, Low Earth orbit, Maiden flight, MDS-1, Medium-lift launch vehicle, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Multi-Functional Transport Satellite, Negai (satellite), PROCYON, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, Raijin-2, Reconnaissance satellite, ..., Rocket, Satellite, SDS-1, SDS-4, SELENE, Shin'en (spacecraft), SOCRATES (satellite), Sohla, Solid rocket booster, Solid-propellant rocket, SRB-A, Super Low Altitude Test Satellite, Tanegashima Space Center, Telstar 12V, UNIFORM-1, Waseda-SAT2, WINDS, Yoshinobu Launch Complex. Expand index (18 more) »

ADEOS II

ADEOS II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2) was an Earth observation satellite launched by NASDA, with contributions from NASA and CNES, in December 2002.

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Advanced Land Observation Satellite

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), is a 4-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2006.

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Akatsuki (spacecraft)

, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) and Planet-C, is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of Venus.

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Alliant Techsystems

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company with its headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.

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ALOS-2

Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2 (ALOS 2), also called Daichi 2, is a 2-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2014.

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Arirang-1

Arirang-1 or Arirang I is an unmanned artificial satellite created by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and launched by a US rocket on December 21, 1999.

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Castor (rocket stage)

The Castor family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters built by Thiokol (now Orbital ATK) and used on a variety of launch vehicles.

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Comparison of orbital launch systems

This is a comparison of orbital launch systems.

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Comparison of orbital launchers families

This page contains a list of orbital launchers' families.

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Coordinated Universal Time

No description.

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DSN-2

DSN-2, also known as Kirameki-2, is a geostationary communications satellite to be operated by DSN Corporation, a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Group.

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ETS-VIII

JAXA Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) is the eighth technology test satellite in a series which started with ETS-1 in 1975 by NASDA.

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Expendable launch system

An expendable launch vehicle (ELV) is a launch system or launch vehicle stage that is used only once to carry a payload into space.

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FedSat

FedSat (Australia's 'Federation Satellite') is an Australian scientific research satellite launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan by a NASDA H-IIA launch vehicle in December 2002 (NASDA is now merged with JAXA).

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Geostationary orbit

A geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.

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Geostationary transfer orbit

A geosynchronous transfer orbit or geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit—an elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane—used to reach geosynchronous or geostationary orbit using high-thrust chemical engines.

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Global Change Observation Mission

GCOM (Global Change Observation Mission), is a JAXA project of long-term observation of Earth environmental changes.

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Global Precipitation Measurement

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) or Global Precipitation Index (GPI) is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA as well as other international space agencies to make frequent (every 2–3 hours) observations of Earth’s precipitation.

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Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite

The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSat), also known as, is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse-gas-monitoring.

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GTO

GTO may refer to.

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H-II

The H-II (H2) rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system, which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999, with five successes.

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H-IIB

H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station.

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Hayabusa2

Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA.

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Hayato (satellite)

Hayato, known before launch as KSAT, or the Kagoshima Satellite, is a Japanese satellite which was launched in May 2010.

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Himawari 8

is a Japanese weather satellite, the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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Himawari 9

Himawari 9 is a Japanese weather satellite, the 9th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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Hitomi (satellite)

, also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for studying extremely energetic processes in the Universe.

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Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene

Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) is an oligomer of butadiene terminated at each end with a hydroxyl functional group.

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IKAROS

IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft.

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Information Gathering Satellite

is a satellite in a Japanese spy satellite program.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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JAXA

The is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency.

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LE-5

The LE-5 liquid rocket engine and its derivative models were developed in Japan to meet the need for an upper stage propulsion system for the H-I and H-II series of launch vehicles.

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LE-7

The LE-7 and its succeeding upgrade model the LE-7A are staged combustion cycle LH2/LOX liquid rocket engines produced in Japan for the H-II series of launch vehicles.

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Leo

Leo, the Latin word for "lion", or LEO may refer to.

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Liquid hydrogen

Liquid hydrogen (LH2 or LH2) is the liquid state of the element hydrogen.

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Liquid oxygen

Liquid oxygen—abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the aerospace, submarine and gas industries—is one of the physical forms of elemental oxygen.

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Liquid rocket booster

A liquid rocket booster (LRB) consists of liquid fuel and oxidiser as booster to give a liquid-propellant rocket or a hybrid rocket an extra boost at take off.

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List of H-I and H-II launches

This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-I, H-II, H-IIA, and H-IIB rockets.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with an altitude of or less, and with an orbital period of between about 84 and 127 minutes.

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Maiden flight

The maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground under its own power.

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MDS-1

Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 "Tsubasa" (MDS-1) was a Japanese technology test mission.

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Medium-lift launch vehicle

A medium-lift launch vehicle - MLV a rocket orbital launch vehicle that is capable of lifting between of payload into Low Earth orbit - LEO.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Multi-Functional Transport Satellite

Multifunctional Transport Satellites (MTSAT) were a series of weather and aviation control satellites.

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Negai (satellite)

is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010.

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PROCYON

PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 4 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST).

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Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) (or in Japanese) is a project of the Japanese government for the development of a four-satellite regional time transfer system and a satellite-based augmentation system for the United States operated Global Positioning System (GPS) to be receivable in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan.

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Raijin-2

Raijin-2 (Rising-2) is a Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014.

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Reconnaissance satellite

A reconnaissance satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.

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Rocket

A rocket (from Italian rocchetto "bobbin") is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine.

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Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.

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SDS-1

The Small Demonstration Satellite (SDS) is a spacecraft or satellite which is built as part of a JAXA programme to develop and demonstrate technology for and through small satellites.

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SDS-4

SDS-4 (Small Demonstration Satellite 4) is a small satellite (50 cm cube with mass of 50 kg) developed by JAXA and to be launched as a secondary payload on the Shizuku mission in mid-2012.

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SELENE

SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), better known in Japan by its nickname, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe.

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Shin'en (spacecraft)

Shin'en, known before launch as UNITEC-1 or UNISEC Technology Experiment Carrier 1, is a Japanese student spacecraft which was intended to make a flyby of Venus in order to study the effects of interplanetary spaceflight on spacecraft computers.

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SOCRATES (satellite)

SOCRATES or Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite is a Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014.

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Sohla

Sohla-1 and Sohla-2 are two 50 kg small demonstration satellites in development by Japan.

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Solid rocket booster

Solid-fuel rocket boosters (SRBs) are large solid propellant motors used to provide thrust in spacecraft launches from initial launch through the first ascent stage.

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Solid-propellant rocket

A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer).

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SRB-A

SRB-A is a series of Japanese solid-fueled rocket booster manufactured by IHI Corporation for use on the H-IIA, H-IIB, and Epsilon rockets.

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Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

SLATS, the Super Low Altitude Test Satellite, is a JAXA satellite intended to demonstrate operations in very low Earth orbit (below 200 km), using ion engines to cancel out aerodynamic drag and equipped with sensors to determine atomic oxygen density, an exposure facility to measure material degradation in the 200 km orbit, and a small camera.

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Tanegashima Space Center

The (TNSC) is a Japanese space development facility.

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Telstar 12V

Telstar 12V (Telstar 12 Vantage) is a communication satellite of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat.

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UNIFORM-1

UNIFORM-1 or University International Formation Mission is a Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014.

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Waseda-SAT2

Waseda-SAT2 is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010.

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WINDS

WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, also known as Kizuna), is a Japanese communication satellite.

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Yoshinobu Launch Complex

The Yoshinobu Launch Complex, also known as Launch Area Y, Area Y or LA-Y, is a launch complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre, located on Tanegashima, the Japanese island located 115 km south of Kyūshū.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-IIA

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