H-2A launch with Telstar 12V, 24th nov 6:23 UTC

[Kryten]

A Japanese (Mitsubishi heavy industries) H-2A rocket is scheduled to launch about six hours from the time of this post, carrying the Telstar 12 Vantage communications sat to a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit. This is to be Japan's first launch for a commercial entity, and only the second of H-2A's most powerful configuration, 2040.

A live webcast is to be available here;
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZo7RTSBXY[/url]
[video=youtube;5hZo7RTSBXY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZo7RTSBXY[/video]

[Hcube]

Aww, didn't know about it and saw this just now. Could have watched it this morning :(

Pretty great launch ! I like how they launch on top of a cliff, it's really nice :)
The voiced countdown from -5minutes is pretty weird though... I could learn to count in japanese ^^ Edited November 24, 2015 by Hcube