Osumi (satellite)
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Ōsumi is the name of the first Japanese satellite, named after the Osumi Province. It was launched on February 12, 1970 with a Lambda-4 rocket. The Ōsumi satellite weighed 12 kilograms. It circled the earth on an orbit with a perigee of 323 km and an apogee of 2440 km with an inclination of 31 degrees and decayed January 8, 2003.
[edit] External links
- http://www.astronautix.com/craft/osumi.htm
- http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1970-011A
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