ETS-VIII 推進系射場整備作業

摘要

This paper describes launch operation for Engineering Test Satellite VIII(ETS-VIII) bipropellant propulsion subsystem.After the proto-flight test at Tsukuba Space Center, the propulsion subsystem was made inspections/tests and a preflightsetup. The fuel(MMH)/oxidizer(MON-3)/pressurant(helium) was loaded and ETS-VIII was lauched by H-IIA rocket.