Tokyo Front

【 H2A 】Leading rocket for space development of present Japan. Succession machine of the first pure domestically developed rocket "H2" in Japan. The launch cost is 1/2 or less of the conventional models. (9.4 billion?10.4 billion yen)Is suppressed. The launch is transferred from JAXA to Mitsubishi Heavy Industires since April. Payload (VEP.. for commercial-off-the-shelf component on machine February 4, 2002 for performance confirmation on machine August 29, 2001 title machine launch day the first payload examination machine payload (VEP-2)/the second laser Haca device (LRE) examination machines and high-speed component proof satellite (MDS-1)/Orbital Re-entry Experiment (DASH)/performance confirmation.