H-II's first operational flight launched ADEOS (Midori), a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, into sun-synchronous orbit from Tanegashima to monitor ozone, ocean color and other climate data.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 7 H-II flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 1996, 01:53 UTC
- Rocket
- H-II
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1996-046
- Launches in 1996
- 50th of 77
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