H-IIA launched Michibiki (QZS-1), the first satellite of Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, designed to augment GPS coverage over Japan and the Asia-Oceania region from a highly inclined geosynchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSTO
- Geosynchronous transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 35 H-IIA 202 flights
- Date and time
- 11 September 2010, 11:17 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2010-045
- Launches in 2010
- 47th of 74
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Michibiki-1
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