H-IIA Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The H-IIA is a family of liquid-fuelled rockets providing an expendable launch system for the purpose of launching satellites into geostationary orbit. It is manufactured by Mitsubishi and ATK Thiokol for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.The H-IIA is a derivative of the earlier H-II rocket, though has been substantially redesigned to improve reliability and minimize costs, after the H-II proved to be expensive and failure-prone. There are four different variants of the H-IIA for various purposes.
The H-IIA was first launched on August 29, 2001, and the last launch on November 29, 2003 failed. The rocket was intended to launch two reconnaissance satellites to observe North Korea.
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