H-IIA carried Japan's GOSAT (Ibuki), the world's first satellite dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane from orbit, plus seven small piggyback satellites including PRISM, SDS-1 and STARS-1.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 35 H-IIA 202 flights
- Date and time
- 23 January 2009, 03:54 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2009-002
- Launches in 2009
- 2nd of 78
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Ibuki
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