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Credit: NASDA. 2,483 bytes. 124 x 87 pixels.

Class: Technology. Nation: Japan.

Small engineering test satellites lofted by Japan's first indigenous launch vehicle.

Specification

Total Mass: 25 kg.

Ohsumi Chronology

26 September 1966 Ohsumi 1 Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Vehicle: L-4S. FAILURE: Fourth stage attitude control failed. Mass: 26 kg.
20 December 1966 Ohsumi 2 Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Vehicle: L-4S. FAILURE: Fourth stage failed to ignite. Mass: 26 kg.
13 April 1967 Ohsumi 3 Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Vehicle: L-4S. FAILURE: Fourth stage failed to ignite. Mass: 26 kg.
22 September 1969 Ohsumi 4 Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Vehicle: L-4S. FAILURE: Fourth stage control system malfunction after third stage collided with fourth stage. Mass: 25 kg.
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