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Class: Planetary. Type: Lunar Orbiter. Destination: Moon. Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS.

MUSES-A was renamed Hiten after launch. It developed of lunar swingby techniques for future missions and ejected a lunar orbiter.

Typical orbit: 262 km x 286183 km at 31 degrees inclination. Mass: 185 kg (407 lb).

Hiten Chronology

1990 January 24 - Hiten - Program: Muses. Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: M. Launch Vehicle: Mu. Mass: 185 kg (407 lb). Perigee: 262 km (162 mi). Apogee: 286,183 km (177,825 mi). Inclination: 30.60 deg. Period: 9,597.60 min.
MUSES-A was renamed Hiten after launch. It developed of lunar swingby techniques for future missions and ejected a lunar orbiter. Launching organization ISAS. On 1990 Jan 25: Period 6.665 days, inclination 30.63 deg, 262.49 x 286182.72 km. On 1992 Feb 17: Period 4.53 days, inclination 38.90 deg, perilune 2289.67 km, apolune 49013.93 km.

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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