Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · SSO
Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 7, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite. Japan began development of IGS in the late 1990s, following North Korea’s attempted satellite launch in 1998. Although the North…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGS O-7 2020-009A | Payload | 0 × 0 km · 0.0° | Globe |
| H-2A R/B 2020-009B | Rocket body | re-entered 2024-04-22 |
COSPAR ID 2020-009 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).