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Tansei-3

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Launch Details

Date: 19 Feb 1977, 05:15 am UTC

Rocket: Mu-3H (Mu)

Provider: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Mission

Type: Astrophysics

Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Pad: Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission Description

Japanese satellite used to test the new Mu-3H launch vehicle, experiment magnetic stabilization and ovserve UV radiation