The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) launched the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 4 (H-IIA F4) at 10:31 a.m. on December 14, 2002 (Japan Standard Time) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The initial azimuth of H-IIA F4 was 122 degrees. H-IIA F4 flight went normally, and it was confirmed that ADEOS-II was successfully separated in 16 minutes and 31 seconds after liftoff.
The Kourou Tracking Station of the Center National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in French Guiana started receiving signals from ADEOS-II at 11:33 a.m. and confirmed that the solar array paddle deployment through the signals. ADEOS-II is nicknamed ‘Midori II’.
NASDA would like to express our sincere appreciation for cooperation and support of all related people and organizations for the launch of H-IIA F4.
For your information, the weather at the time of launch was sunny, the wind was 3.7m/sec (north-east), and the temperature was 14.6 degrees in Celsius.
Launching Information on web site :
http://h2a.nasda.go.jp/index_e.html