H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 3
The IGS Radar 3 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan’s national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.
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Mission Profile
IGS Radar 3 was a H-IIA 202 mission operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that lifted off from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on December 12, 2011. The flight carried its payload on a government/top secret mission to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. The launch was a success.