H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa

Name: H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa
Start: 2002-02-04T02:45:00Z
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.

Mission Details

Launch date: February 4, 2002 at 02:45 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: H-IIA
Operator: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission type: Planetary Science