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Ayame
Ayame 1
Ayame 1
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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.
1980 February 22 - . 08:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima N. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: N-1.

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