Launch · COSPAR 2002-003 · 04 Feb 2002

TSUBASA (MDS-1)

Name: Launch 2002-003 — TSUBASA (MDS-1)
Start: 2002-02-04
Location: Tanegashima Space Center

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

17% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
TSUBASA (MDS-1)	27367	2002-003A	Unknown	OTHER	274 / 9,628 km	28.51°	on orbit	—
DASH & VEP 3	27368	2002-003B	Unknown	OTHER	445 / 34,303 km	28.58°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
H-2A R/B	27369	2002-003C	Inactive	OTHER	1,002 / 33,742 km	23.75°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
H-2A DEB	28237	2002-003D	Inactive	OTHER	336 / 33,053 km	28.28°	on orbit	—
H-2A DEB	28243	2002-003E	Inactive	OTHER	365 / 32,558 km	28.41°	on orbit	—
H-2A DEB	43371	2002-003F	Decayed	LEO	233 / 1,727 km	28.77°	03 Jan 2026	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2002-003; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.