Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-ray observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1987-012; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 5 February 1987, 06:30 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- Mu-3S-II
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1 November 1991
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
ASTRO-C
X-ray observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S17480
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Kagaku Kenkyujyo
- Launch mass
- 420 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 4.5 m span
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