The launch was carried out using a new Japanese H3 launch vehicle from the Tanegashima cosmodrome in Kagoshima Prefecture in the south-west of the country at 15:48 Tokyo time (08:48 Kiev time). Approximately 30 minutes later, the spacecraft was launched into orbit.
The 4-ton satellite is equipped with equipment to provide communication in the X-band of frequencies of centimeter wavelengths used in satellite radio communications. According to reports, the launch is estimated at $50 million.
H3 is Japan's main launch vehicle. It was developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. This is his fourth launch. The H3 replaced the H2A rocket. The H3 can carry a payload weighing more than 4 tons into a sun-synchronous orbit and about 8 tons into a geotransfer orbit. This is 1.3 times the mass of the payload capable of launching the H2A rocket, reports korrespondent.net.
