H-II | Midori
Launch information
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Primary applications of ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observation Satellite), which has been renamed Midori after reaching orbit, include monitoring global environmental changes such as maritime meteorological conditions, atmospheric ozone, and gases that promote global warming. ADEOS was also expected to play a vital role in developing more sophisticated inter-orbit communications and platform technology for the satellite of tomorrow. ADEOS was launched by H-2 Launch Vehicle No.4 on August 1996 and provided a large volume of data containing valuable information about our environment atmosphere, ocean and land for about 10 months until it suddenly got out of control on 30 June 1997 because of the structural damage in its solar array paddle.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘H-II | Midori’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: Aug. 17, 1996, 1:53 a.m.
Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Midori (LEO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
Rocket |
H-II |
Location |
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan |
Pad |
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 |
Type |
Earth Science |
Orbit |
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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Orbital Launch
#4081
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Location Launch
#28
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Pad Launch
#4
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Agency Launch
#4
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Orbital Launch
#50
Year 1996
Location Launch
#1
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Pad Launch
#1
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Agency Launch
#1
Year 1996
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