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Launch SuccessfulJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
H-II: Kiku-6
ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.
Sunday, 28 August 1994
Mission Data
🇯🇵Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyEst. 2003
Launch VehicleH-II
Vehicle FamilyH-II
Vehicle Record6 of 7 launches (85.7%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record33 successes / 4 failures (89%)
Success Streak2 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit
Launch PadYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location🇯🇵 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#59
Agency Launches This Year#2
Launches From This Pad57
Launches From This Site100
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About H-II
The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.
Launch Site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 · 30.4008°N 130.9777°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.