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IGS Optical 8
H-IIA · Government/Top Secret
Jan 12, 2024 · 04:44 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center
Mission
The IGS Optical 8 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- MHI · Naichō
- Rocket
- H-IIA
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- NET precision
- Second
- Data source
- LL2