GCOM-W1
Success
MAY 17201216:39:00 UTCH-IIA lifted Shizuku, a Japanese satellite whose AMSR2 radiometer measures precipitation, water vapor, sea surface temperature, sea ice and snow depth, together with South Korea's KOMPSAT-3 Earth observation satellite and two small secondary satellites.
LIFTOFF
MAY 17 201216:39:00 UTC
Success
launched from LA-Y / 1 Tanegashima
aboard H2A 202 into SSO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payloads · 4
- 01
SDS-4
Technology demonstration
- 02
Horyu-2
Technology demonstration
- 03
GCOM-W1 (Shizuku)
Earth observation
- 04
Arirang-3
Earth observation

