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Class: Solar. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Japan. Agency: Japan(Yohkoh).

X-ray imaging of Sun.

Typical orbit: 516 km x 754 km at 31 degrees inclination. Mass: 420 kg (920 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Mu-3.

Solar Chronology

1991 August 30 - Solar-A - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: Mu. Mass: 420 kg (920 lb). Perigee: 516 km (320 mi). Apogee: 754 km (468 mi). Inclination: 31.30 deg. Period: 97.40 min.
X-ray imaging of Sun.

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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