Earth orbit
ASTRO E
X-ray calorimeter mission.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
X-ray calorimeter mission. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2000-U01; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 10 February 2000, 01:30 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- M-V
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An ISAS M-V rocket launched the ASTRO E mission on Thursday, February 10, 2000 at 1:30 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- ISAS
- Vehicle
- M-V
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2000-U01
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Failure
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Feb 10, 2000, 01:30 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Feb 10 2000
- Pad and location
- M-V Pad, Uchinoura Space Center
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 10 February 2000
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
ASTRO E
X-ray calorimeter mission.
- GCAT ID
- F01265
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Kagaku Kenkyujyo
- Launch mass
- 1,650 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 m long · 2.1 m diameter · 6.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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Verification
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