Tuesday, December 25, 1984

Hakucho

 1979-014A


The second ISAS X-ray astronomy satellite, CORSA-b, was launched in Feb 1979. The satellite was renamed Hakucho (`Cygnus'). It was 97 kg in mass, and 0.66m long, 0.82m diameter.

The craft was spin stabilized with a 12s period. By 1983 it was dormant, and it was finally abandoned in 1985.

The M-3C-4 rocket used the M-3A2 model third stage.


Hakucho 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Feb 21  0500  Launch by Mu-3C-4  KASC 
  T+0:08 SOB burnout 
  T+0:09 SOB sep 
 0501? T+1:24 St 1 burnout  -6228? x 100? x 31.3  
  T+1:26 B2 ig 
 0502? St 2 burnout  -5776 x 540 x 31.33  
 0502? Fairing top off 
 0502? Fairing lower part off 
 0505? T+6:00? Spinup St 3   
 0506?  T+6:02? St 2 sep   
 0506?  T+6:07? St 3 burn, 54s 
  Stage 3 burnout 
 0510? Stage 3 sep  95.6 541 x 572 x 29.9 

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