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Hakucho
Sign in to savethumb|Scale model of the Hakucho at Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro City Children's Center Hakucho (also known as CORSA-b before launch; CORSA stands for Cosmic Radiation Satellite) was Japan's first X-ray astronomy satellite, developed by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (then a division of the University of Tokyo). It was launched from the Kagoshima Space Center by the ISAS M-3C rocket on the M-3C-4 mission on February 21, 1979 and reentered the atmosphere on April 15, 1985.
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Vinony files it under 1979 in spaceflight, Satellites formerly orbiting Earth and Satellites of Japan.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Hakuchō
- Spaceflight.image
- Corsa-b hakucho.gif
- Spaceflight.operator
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- X Ray Celestial Observation
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1979-014A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 11272
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 21 February 1979 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- M-3C-Rocket (mission 4)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Spaceflight.decay_date
- April 15, 1985
- Spaceflight.dimensions
- ⌀760mm×650mm
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- space telescope
- Image
- Corsa-b hakucho.gif
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1979-02-21
- start point
- Uchinoura Space Center
- Commons category
- Hakuchō (satellite)
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thumb|Scale model of the Hakucho at Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro City Children's Center Hakucho (also known as CORSA-b before launch; CORSA stands for Cosmic Radiation Satellite) was Japan's first X-ray astronomy satellite, developed by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (then a division of the University of Tokyo). It was launched from the Kagoshima Space Center by the ISAS M-3C rocket on the M-3C-4 mission on February 21, 1979 and reentered the atmosphere on April 15, 1985.
Hakucho was a replacement for the Cosmic Radiation Satellite (CORSA) satellite which failed to launch due to rocket failure on February 4, 1976.
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