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Kiku-6

H-II · Communications

1994Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center

Mission

ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.

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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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