H-2A (F8)

Last modification: January 24, 2006

H-2A/2022

Launch date

Launch window:
Status:

January 24, 2006 – 0133 UTC.
Completed.

Launch site

Location:
Launch complex:

Tanegashima Space Centre (Japan)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex

Launch vehicle

Version:
Upper stage:
Payload fairing:
Launch vehicle prime:
Launch provider:
Flight number:

H-2A/2022
[Standard H-2A 2nd stage]
5S
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
F8

Performance

Targeted orbit:
Overall lift-off mass:
Total payload mass:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
About 325,000 kg
About 4,000 kg (est.)

Milestones

First flight of regenerative cooling long nozzle on 1st stage’s LE-7A engine.
Delayed from Jan. 19 due to telemetry transmitter problem.
Delayed from Jan. 22.
Delayed from Jan. 23 due to malfunction in ground-based payload environment control equipment.

Payload
Payload designation	Launch customer	Launch contract	Launch mass	Launch adapter
ALOS-1 "Daichi"	JAXA	n.s.	3,850 kg	2360SA

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