Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1990-007; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 24 January 1990, 11:46:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- Mu-3S-II
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 10 April 1993
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
MUSES-A
Lunar orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S20448
- Manufacturer
- Nippon Electric Corp., Space Div., Kamoi Works
- Launch mass
- 185 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 1.4 m span
Hagoromo
Lunar test satellite.
- GCAT ID
- S20618
- Manufacturer
- Nippon Electric Corp., Space Div., Kamoi Works
- Launch mass
- 8 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.4 m long · 0.4 m diameter · 0.4 m span
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Gallery
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