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Kakehashi

H-II · Communications

1998Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center

Mission

COMETS (Communication Engineering Test Satellite) a two-ton geostationary three-axis stabilized satellite, is being created to develop the new technologies required for future fields in communications and broadcasting.

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Mission Facts

Provider
JAXA
Rocket
H-II
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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