Status
Success
Kiku 2
Launch Time
Wed Feb 23, 1977 08:50 UTC
Wed Feb 23, 1977 08:50 UTC
First flight of N-I Star-37E.
Rocket
Mission Details
Kiku 2
ETS 2 (Engineering Test Satellite 2) or Kiku 2 was a Japanese engineering technology satellite launched to acquire technologies to launch, track, and control geostationary satellites. It carried out a propagation experiment of millimeter and quasi-millimeter waves. Its weight at launch was 245 kg and was cylindrical, 191 cm high including the antenna, with a diameter of 141 cm. Its expected life was as least 6 months.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 245.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Stats
1977
15th orbital launch attempt
N-I
3rd mission
1st mission of 1977
3rd successful mission