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IGS Optical 6

H-IIA · Government/Top Secret

2018Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center

Mission

Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 6, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Mission Facts

Provider
JAXA
Rocket
H-IIA
Orbit
SSO
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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