IGS-1B

Spacecraft nr:

Japanese spacecraft nr: 110

Launch data: Designation 27699 / 03009B Launch date 28 Mar 2003 - 01:27 UT Launch site: Tanegashima Uchu Senta Launch vehicle H-2A 2024 (#12) Mission Military: reconnaissance Earth orbit on: Perigee/Apogee 500 km, near-polar Inclination 97.3° Period (4-day revisit)

Description:

• Japan's first military radar reconnaissance satellites; primary mission the monitoring of N. Korea. Launch failure in 11/03 of second half of system cripples it to a large degree.

Mission details:

• Japan's Jouhoushushu eisei Reda 1 gouki satellite, known in English as Information Gathering Satellite 1B, or IGS Radar-1, reentered on Jul 26, 2012 over the Pacific. The 1200 kg satellite lost power in 2007.