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Class: Materials. Nation: Japan.

At first thought not to have reached orbit. Later reentry vehicle was discovered in Ghana having reentered and deployed its parachute on Jan 15.

Specification

Express 1 Chronology

15 January 1995 EXPRESS RV Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Vehicle: Mu-3S. FAILURE: Failure.
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