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 2005-025; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 10 July 2005, 03:30 UTC
- Launch location
- Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima)
- Launch vehicle
- M-V
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1 June 2015
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
ASTRO-EII
X-ray observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S28773
- Manufacturer
- ISAS/JAXA
- Launch mass
- 1,700 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.5 m long · 2.1 m diameter · 6.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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