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Class: Technology. Nation: Japan. Agency: Japan(Orizuru). Boom, umbrella test. DEBUT "Orizuru". Experiment of extending and contracting boom; experiment of expanding and contracting aerodynamic brake. Launching organization NASDA.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 50 kg.
Debut Chronology
07 February 1990
Debut Launch Site: Tanegashima . Launch Vehicle: H-1. Mass: 50 kg. Perigee: 908 km. Apogee: 1,742 km. Inclination: 99.0 deg. Boom, umbrella test. DEBUT 'Orizuru'. Experiment of extending and contracting boom; experiment of expanding and contracting aerodynamic brake. Launching organization NASDA. Launch time 0133 UT.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
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- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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