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Stage mating completed- H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.13 for KAGUYA (SELENE) launch.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will launch the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s lunar orbit explorer KAGUYA (SELENE) from the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC), using the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.13 (H-IIA F13) on 16 August at 09:30 AM (JST).
The launch campaign for KAGUYA launch has started, with 1st and the 2nd stage mating being carried out yesterday, 3 July (see photo).
The mass of KAGUYA at liftoff is approximately 3 metric tons, including two small satellites (relay satellite and VRAD satellite). In order to inject KAGUYA into lunar transfer orbit, MHI have prepared an H2A2022 model, equipped with two solid strap-on boosters (SSB). The payload fairing model is 4S (a dedicated launch fairing 4 meters in diameter).
Stacking of the two kinds of solid boosters, solid rocket boosters (SRB-As) and SSBs , will be done during the next 6 days. This will be followed by subsystem checks.
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Stage mating completed- H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.13. (July 3, 2007)
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