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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Nation: Japan. Agency: Japan(Orizuru).

Boom, umbrella test. DEBUT "Orizuru". Experiment of extending and contracting boom; experiment of expanding and contracting aerodynamic brake. Launching organization NASDA.

Typical orbit: 908 km x 1742 km at 99 degrees inclination. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb).

Debut Chronology

1990 February 7 - Debut - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: N. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Perigee: 911 km (566 mi). Apogee: 1,743 km (1,083 mi). Inclination: 99.00 deg. Period: 112.20 min.
Boom, umbrella test. DEBUT 'Orizuru'. Experiment of extending and contracting boom; experiment of expanding and contracting aerodynamic brake. Launching organization NASDA. Launch time 0133 UT.

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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