Tsubasa Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
4 Feb 2002, 2:45am
UTC
Location
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Tsubasa
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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