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1994 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Kiku-6

successH-II | Kiku-6

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.

Overview

Date / time
August 28, 1994 at 07:50 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Mission
Kiku-6
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
H-II →
Launch provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency →

Payloads deployed · 1

KIKU-6 (ETS-VI)
GEO