Mission type | Technology |
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Operator | NASDA ISAS NEDO USEF |
COSPAR ID | 1995-011A |
SATCAT no. | 23521 |
Website | www |
Mission duration | 10 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
Launch mass | 3,846 kilograms (8,479 lb) |
Landing mass | 3,492 kilograms (7,699 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 March 1995, 08:01 | UTC
Rocket | H-II 3F |
Launch site | Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-72 |
Recovery date | 13 January 1996 |
Landing date | 20 January 1996, 07:41:41 UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 470 kilometres (290 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 492 kilometres (306 mi) |
Inclination | 28.4 degrees |
Period | 94.22 minutes |
Epoch | 17 April 1995[1] |
The Space Flyer Unit (宇宙実験・観測フリーフライヤ, Uchū Jikken-Kansoku Free Flyer) was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on March 18, 1995.[2]