H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa

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H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa

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.

Mission type: Planetary Science · Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Rocket: H-IIA · Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Launch pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · View on map (opens in new tab)