Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-ray prop. counters. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1983-011; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 February 1983, 05:10 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- Mu-3S
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 November 1985
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
ASTRO-B
X-ray prop. counters.
- GCAT ID
- S13829
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Kagaku Kenkyujyo
- Launch mass
- 218 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.1 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 3 m span
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