2002 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Tsubasa

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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.

Overview

Date / time: February 4, 2002 at 02:45 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Mission: Tsubasa
Mission type: Planetary Science
Orbit achieved: Elliptical Orbit

Launch vehicle

H-IIA 2024 →

Launch provider

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency →

Payloads deployed · 2