Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Location
Unknown
Date
Mon, Feb 4, 2002, 02:45
Weather
Pro