CSICE
Spacecraft · Japan
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Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center.
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Chronology
1 event
2007 February 24
04:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima Y. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 2024.- IGS 2 - . Payload: IGS 4A. Mass: 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). Nation: Japan. Agency: CSICE, JAXA. Manufacturer: Melco. Class: Surveillance. Type: Civilian Radarsat. Spacecraft: IGS. Decay Date: 2014-04-13 . USAF Sat Cat: 30586 . COSPAR: 2007-005A. Information Gathering Satellite Radar-2. Japanese military satellite using a synthetic aperture radar for all-weather, 24-hour, high-resolution surveillance of the earth..
- IGS 3V - .
Payload: IGS 4B. Mass: 850 kg (1,870 lb). Nation: Japan.
Agency: CSICE,
JAXA.
Manufacturer: Melco.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: IGS.
Decay Date: 2013-11-12 . USAF Sat Cat: 30587 . COSPAR: 2007-005B.
Optical-3 Verification Satellite, an experimental satellite on a six-month mission to test payloads planned for the Optical-3 second-generation Japanese military optical surveillance satellite. The production-type Optical-3 satellite was expected to launch in 2009.