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Japan launches intelligence-gathering satellite

The launch took place as planned at 1:40 p.m. local time at Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima Island of the prefecture, and the satellite has successfully gone into orbit around the earth, according to the country's public broadcaster Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK).
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Launch of Japanese H-IIA with IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5

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A secret Japanese launch occurred today, January 27th 2013 at 04:40 UTC. The H-IIA vehicle in the 202 configuration launched the IGS Radar 4 and IGS Optical 5 payloads into orbit. This was the 22nd launch of a Japanese H-IIA.

 

H-2A F-22 with IGS R-4 & IGS O-5 demo Launch 04:40 UTC 27.01.13

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A H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 22 is scheduled to launch a classified IGS radar reconnaissance satellite from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan, on the 27th January, 2013.
The two hour launch window opens at 04:00 UT.



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