H-II | Kakehashi
Status: Success | Launched: Feb 21, 1998 07:55 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Government)
- Rocket: H-II — H-II family
Mission
COMETS (Communication Engineering Test Satellite) a two-ton geostationary three-axis stabilized satellite, is being created to develop the new technologies required for future fields in communications and broadcasting.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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