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Other Designations: Experimental Geophysical Satellite. Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA.

Experimental Geophysical Payload; new launch vehicle test flight. EGS (Ajisai). Improvement of the accuracy of domestic geodetic triangulation network. Determination of accurate location of remote islands. Clarification of the relationship between Japanese geodetic system network and those of other areas of the world. Launch vehicle H-I (two-stage). Launching organization NASDA.

Typical orbit: 1479 km x 1497 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 685 kg (1,510 lb).

EGS Chronology

1986 August 12 - EGS - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: N. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 685 kg (1,510 lb). Perigee: 1,479 km (919 mi). Apogee: 1,497 km (930 mi). Inclination: 50.00 deg. Period: 115.70 min.
Experimental Geophysical Payload; new launch vehicle test flight. EGS (Ajisai). Improvement of the accuracy of domestic geodetic triangulation network. Determination of accurate location of remote islands. Clarification of the relationship between Japanese geodetic system network and those of other areas of the world. L aunch vehicle H-I (two-stage) test flight no. 1. Launch time 2045 GMT. Launching organization NASDA.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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