H-IIA launched DSN-2 (Kirameki-2), Japan's first dedicated military communications satellite, providing X-band connectivity for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces from geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 5 H-IIA 204 flights
- Date and time
- 24 January 2017, 07:44 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 204
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-005
- Launches in 2017
- 6th of 90
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