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1998 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Kakehashi

successH-II | Kakehashi

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.

Overview

Date / time
February 21, 1998 at 07:55 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Mission
Kakehashi
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
H-II →
Launch provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency →

Payloads deployed · 1

KAKEHASHI (COMETS)
MEO