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1981 · Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Hinotori

successMu-3S | Hinotori

A satellite for the study of solar flares during solar maximum

Overview

Date / time: February 21, 1981 at 12:30 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Mu Center
Mission: Hinotori
Mission type: Heliophysics
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

HINOTORI (ASTRO-A)