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SOLAR-B "Hinode"
Optical/X-ray solar observatory.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Optical/X-ray solar observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2006-041; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 22 September 2006, 21:36:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima)
- Launch vehicle
- M-V
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
SOLAR-B "Hinode"
Optical/X-ray solar observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S29479
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki-gaisha, Kamakura Works
- Launch mass
- 900 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.8 m long · 1.6 m diameter · 10.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from SOLAR-B "Hinode".
Verification
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