H-IIA 204 launched the Michibiki-3 (QZS-3) satellite from Tanegashima into geostationary transfer orbit, the third member of Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System constellation that augments GPS accuracy over Japan.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 5 H-IIA 204 flights
- Date and time
- 19 August 2017, 05:29 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 204
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2017-048
- Launches in 2017
- 51st of 90
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