LaunchesSFU & Himawari 5
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SFU & Himawari 5
H-II · Astrophysics
1995Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center
Mission
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- JAXA
- Rocket
- H-II
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2