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SFU Space Flyer Unit
Credit - NASDA

Other Designations: Space Flyer Unit. Class: Materials. Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA.

Carried materials, astronomy, biological experiments; released and later retrieved by space shuttle.

Typical orbit: 471 km x 483 km at 29 degrees inclination. Mass: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb).

SFU Chronology

1995 March 18 - SFU - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Mass: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). Perigee: 471 km (292 mi). Apogee: 483 km (300 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 94.10 min.
Space Flyer Unit; carried materials, astronomy, biological experiments; retrieved by STS-72 1/20/96.

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.

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