IGS O-8 — 2024-010
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IGS O-8 — 2024-010 was an orbital attempt conducted on January 12, 2024 from TNSC using H-IIA 202, operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Launch Services) and carrying 1 recorded payload entry. The recorded outcome was success; the census identity distinguishes this attempt from flights that may share a mission name or launch date.
- Launch class
- Orbital attempt
- Launch date
- January 12, 2024
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Global Precipitation Measurement — Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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The launch pads at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center are seen a week ahead of the planned launch of an H-IIA rocket carrying the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, Tanegashima Island, Japan. The NASA-JAXA GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
About this launch
All launches targeting a positive-perigee Earth orbit, including success, partial success, failure, and pre-liftoff pad explosion. This launch is retained as its own historical attempt so its date, vehicle, origin, operator, trajectory, payload, and outcome can be followed without collapsing it into a program total.
IGS O-8 — 2024-010 used H-IIA 202 from TNSC under Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Launch Services). The technical record includes a recorded apogee of 484 km, a recorded perigee of 481 km, an inclination of 0°, the Sat SSO O profile. 1 payload entry is connected to the launch manifest.
Launch facts
- Launch date
- January 12, 2024
- Vehicle
- H-IIA 202
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- TNSC
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Launch Services)
Technical details and catalog designation
Trajectory measurements and catalog terminology are retained here when available. Codes follow the original records.
- Launch class
- Orbital attempt
- Destination / profile
- Sat SSO O
- Recorded apogee
- 484 km
- Recorded perigee
- 481 km
- Inclination
- 0°
- Payload entries
- 1
- Catalog designation
- 2024-010
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