DSN 2

completedLaunch 2017-005

Launched 1/24/2017HEOService CGSat GTO O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

Kirameki 2

active

Communications

Launch Stack

Operator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 204 2
Launch Site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Osaki Site, Tanegashima Space Center (Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon)J

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Payload Status: active 1
Payload Mission Types: Communications 1

Mentions

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

MDA Space entered a Japanese military satellite communications program intended to replace DSN-2 (Kirameki-2) in geostationary orbit for Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

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The Japan Ministry of Defense ordered the system to replace the DSN-2 satellite, known as Kirameki–2, in geostationary orbit.

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