Launch Details

Space launch mission information

H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 8

Launch Successful
519 days ago1/12/2024, 4:44:26 AM
H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 8

Mission Description

The IGS Optical 8 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.

Launch Videos

H-IIAロケット48号機 情報収集衛星光学8号機打上げ H-2A Rocket F48 IGS-Optical 8 Launch Live Streaming

H-IIAロケット48号機 情報収集衛星光学8号機打上げ H-2A Rocket F48 IGS-Optical 8 Launch Live Streaming

H-IIAロケット48号機 情報収集衛星光学8号機打上げ H-2A Rocket F48 IGS-Optical 8 Launch Live Streaming

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Mission Updates

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1/12/2024, 5:22:11 AM

Launch success.

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1/12/2024, 4:44:59 AM

Liftoff.

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LL2

LL2

1/12/2024, 3:46:07 AM

Livestream has started

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1/9/2024, 5:11:18 AM

1 day slip due to weather.

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11/13/2023, 5:27:03 AM

Added launch window.

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11/13/2023, 3:24:59 AM

NET January 11, 2024.

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Launch Details

Launch Window

1/12/2024, 4:44:26 AM

to 1/12/2024, 4:45:29 AM

Rocket Details

H-IIA 202

Family: H-II

Variant: 202

Launch Facility

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan