October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... operator prior to flight. The launch site for the H-IIA rocket, the Tanegashima Space Center, is widely regarded as the ... in the oxygen/hydrogen mixture ratio. The upgraded H-IIA rocket undergoes thermal vacuum testing ahead of its launch in ...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... way to a C-type Near Earth Object, asteroid 1999 JU3. It was launched using a H-IIA rocket equipped with an improved mechanism. The Soyuz TMA-17M rocket illuminated at night. And it’s not just asteroids: Japan is conducting planetary exploration too...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
..., small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Terahertz sensors, positioning, satellite communication and space solar power. H-IIA rocket carrying the Michibiki 3, Japan’s third geo-positioning satellite, lifts off on 21 August 2017. Michibiki 3 is the...
08 February 2016
Japan’s Astro-H mission due to launch on February 12, 2016
... (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and is due to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center, aboard an H-IIA rocket into low Earth orbit in a few days time. The purpose of ASTRO-H is to explore the structure and evolution...
