Sunday, April 16, 1995

Hinotori

 1981-017A


The ASTRO-A satellite was launched in Feb 1981 to perform solar X-ray observations. It was named Hinotori (Phoenix).


Hinotori 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 Feb 21  0030  Launch by Mu-3S-2  KASC 

 

 T+0:08 SB burnout 
  T+0:09 SB sep 
  T+1:10 B1 burnout  -6204 x 106 x 31.28 
  T+1:20 B1 sep 
  T+1:26 B2 start 
  T+2:38 B2 burnout  -5516 x 574 x 31.55 
  T+2:42 Fairing sep ( 2 parts) 
  T+4:00 Spinup 
 0037 T+7:37 B2 sep 
 0037 T+7:42 B3 start 
  T+8:27 B2 apogee 574 km   
 0038 T+8:35 B3 burnout 
 0039 T+9:32 B3 sep 96.6 571 x 638 x 31.3 
 0215? Rev 1, Yo-yo despin from 2.2rpm to 5.4rpm 
  Solar panels deploy 
1982 Jun 19   Plasma probes jettisoned
1991 Jul 11   reentered 

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