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Ayame
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Japanese communications technology satellite. Experimental Communications Satellite (ECS). Communications and propagation experiments of satellite-communication systems.
Status: Operational 1979. First Launch: 1979-02-06. Last Launch: 1980-02-22. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 260 kg (570 lb).
Operation and control experiment for geostationary satellites. Mass at launch 260 kg. Configuration - cylindrical. Height 1.9 m including antenna. Diameter 1.4 m. Spin stabilized.
Family:
Communications technology sat,
Geosynchronous orbit,
Technology.
Country:
Japan.
Launch Vehicles:
Thor,
Delta,
N-1.
Launch Sites:
Tanegashima,
Tanegashima N.
Bibliography:
2,
279,
6.
1979 February 6 - .
08:46 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima N.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
N-1.
FAILURE: Third stage collided with ECS a..
Failed Stage: 3.
- Ayame 1 - .
Payload: ECS a; ECS 1. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Nation: Japan.
Agency: NASDA.
Class: Technology.
Type: Communications technology satellite. Spacecraft: Ayame.
Completed Operations Date: 1979-02-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 11261 . COSPAR: 1979-009A. Apogee: 37,278 km (23,163 mi). Perigee: 29,407 km (18,272 mi). Inclination: 5.60 deg. Period: 1,313.10 min.
Experimental Communications Satellite. Experimental Communications Satellite (ECS). Launch time 0846 GMT. ECS was injected into the planned transfer orbit. On 9 Feb, however, ECS ceased radio transmissions about 10 seconds after the apogee kick motor was fired. Communicat ions and propagation experiments of satellite-communication systems. Operation and control experiment for geostationary satellites. Mass at launch 260 kg. Configuration - cylindrical. Height 1.9m including antenna. Diameter 1.4m. Spin stabilized. Last known longitude (13 June 1995) 146.23 deg W drifting at 33.817 deg E per day.
1980 February 22 - .
08:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima N.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
N-1.
- Ayame 2 - .
Payload: ECS b; ECS 2. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Nation: Japan.
Agency: NASDA.
Class: Technology.
Type: Communications technology satellite. Spacecraft: Ayame.
Completed Operations Date: 1980-02-24 . USAF Sat Cat: 11715 . COSPAR: 1980-018A. Apogee: 36,839 km (22,890 mi). Perigee: 32,785 km (20,371 mi). Inclination: 1.40 deg. Period: 1,386.60 min. Last known longitude (17 November 1988) 146.47 deg W drifting at 12.888 deg E per day..
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