Launched Japan's IGS 4A optical and IGS 4B radar reconnaissance satellites from Tanegashima, expanding the Information Gathering Satellite constellation used for surveillance and disaster monitoring.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 7 H-IIA 2024 flights
- Date and time
- 24 February 2007, 04:41 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 2024
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2007-005
- Launches in 2007
- 6th of 68
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