Launch Overview
Vehicle
H-IIA 2024
Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Site / Pad
TNSC / Y
Outcome
Success
Flight
H-IIA-2F
COSPAR Designator
2002-003
Mission
Tsubasa (Planetary Science)
MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
H-IIA 2024
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Agency launches
9 (1 YTD)
Site launches
33 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
9 (1 YTD)