ETS-9
H3-22 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Overview
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- Rocket
- H3-22
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Launch pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Launch time
- Not confirmed yet
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Live updates
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Rockets and launchesMission
The Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS-9) is a JAXA project aimed to develop an advanced satellite bus, or common model, for various high-throughput satellites (HTS) for communications. The new satellite bus by Mitsubishi Electric will focus specifically on advanced communication needs: - Up to 25kW of power to support HTS communications - Light mass, all-electric bus system achieved with 6kW high-power Hall thrusters (Japan-made). - High-power Hall thrusters significantly shorten delivery of orbiting satellite compared to other manufacturer’s 4.5kW-class electric-propulsion bus systems - The first Japanese geostationary satellite equipped with GPS receivers (Japan-made) for laborsaving autonomous orbital transfer and orbital maneuvering.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.