H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa
Status: Success | Launched: Feb 04, 2002 02:45 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Government)
- Rocket: H-IIA 2024 — H-II family
Mission
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.
- Type: Planetary Science
- Orbit: Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Launch Site
- Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T21:02:10.804714+00:00.