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Tsubasa

H-IIA · Planetary Science

2002Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center

Mission

MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.

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Mission Facts

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