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Class: Astronomy. Type: Gamma Ray. Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA. Manufacturer: NEC.

Carried a 0.67m-diameter liquid-helium-cooled infrared telescope with detectors ranging from the near infrared to 60 and 170 micron channels in the far IR. It was to carry out the first far infrared sky survey since IRAS in 1983.

Mass: 960 kg (2,110 lb).

Akari Chronology

2006 February 21 - Astro F (Akari) - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: M-V. Launch Vehicle: M-V. Mass: 960 kg (2,110 lb). Perigee: 705 km (438 mi). Apogee: 719 km (446 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 99.00 min.
Carried a 0.67m-diameter liquid-helium-cooled infrared telescope with detectors ranging from the near infrared to 60 and 170 micron channels in the far IR. It was to carry out the first far infrared sky survey since IRAS in 1983.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

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