H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)
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SUCCESS Navigation Geostationary Transfer Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Vehicle
- H3-22
- Customer
- —
- Mission name
- Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)
§ Pad
- Name
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Operator
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- JPN
- Coordinates
- 30.4009°, 130.9756°
§ Mission
QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.