H-IIA 202 launched Japan's IGS Radar-4 reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima, together with a small IGS Optical-5 demonstration satellite, expanding the government's classified intelligence-gathering constellation into sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 11th
- of 35 H-IIA 202 flights
- Date and time
- 27 January 2013, 04:40 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2013-002
- Launches in 2013
- 2nd of 81
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