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Ohsumi 2
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 20 Dec 1966, 02:20 am UTC
Rocket: Lambda 4S
Provider: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: KS Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.