Mitsubishi Heavy wins satellite launch order from S. Korea
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has received an order from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute for the launch of a South Korean multipurpose satellite aided by Japan’s domestically developed main rocket the H-2A, it said Monday
It is the first overseas order receipt for satellite launch operations using a Japan-made rocket since the government outsourced the manufacturing and launch of domestically built rockets to Mitsubishi Heavy in fiscal 2007.
However, the major Japanese heavy machinery manufacturer declined to disclose the amount of the contract.
The launch of the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3, or KOMPSAT-3, is slated for fiscal 2011 at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) space center in Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy said in a press
