Tenma

 1983-011A

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The ASTRO B satellite, Tenma (`Pegasus') was launched on 1983 Feb 20. It carried a complement of X-ray astronomy experiments and studied bright galactic X-ray sources.

Tenma
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Feb 20	0510	Launch by Mu-3S-3	KASC
		T+0:08 SB burnout
		T+0:09 SB sep
		T+1:10 B1 burnout	-6195 x 99 x 31.39
		T+1:20 B1 sep
		T+1:26 B2 start
		T+2:38 B2 burnout	-5428 x 502 x 31.46
		T+2:42 Fairing sep ( 2 parts)
		T+4:00 Spinup
	0517	T+7:37 B2 sep
	0517	T+7:42 B3 start
	0518	T+8:35 B3 burnout
	0519	T+9:32 B3 sep	94.4 487 x 503 x 31.5
		Yo-yo deploy
1984 Jul		battery failed, daytime obs only
1985 Nov 22		end of ops
1988 Dec 17		reentered	167 x 168 x 31.4