Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar X-ray observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1991-062; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 30 August 1991, 02:30 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- Mu-3S-II
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 14 December 2001
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SOLAR-A
Solar X-ray observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S21694
- Manufacturer
- ISASS/NEC
- Launch mass
- 390 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1 m diameter · 4.5 m span
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Gallery
One image from SOLAR-A.
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