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Nozomi

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 3 July 1998, 06:12 pm UTC

Rocket: M-V (Mu)

Provider: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Mission

Type: Robotic Exploration

Orbit: Heliocentric N/A

Pad: Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission Description

The primary scientific objective of Nozomi program is to study the Martian upper atmosphere with emphasis on its interaction with the solar wind.