Status
Success
Ayame 2
Launch Time
Fri Feb 22, 1980 08:35 UTC
Fri Feb 22, 1980 08:35 UTC
Last flight of N-I Star-37E.
Rocket
Mission Details
Ayame 2
During 1979-1980 Japan launched two ECS (Experimental Communications satellite) satellites - renamed Ayame in orbit - on N-1 boosters from Tanegashima.
The ECS featured a single transponder with selectable bandwidth of 10, 40, or 120 MHz, input and output independently switchable to either C-band or K-band.
Both satellites were lost shortly after launch during the firing of their apogee kick motors. These small, 130 kg, spin stabilized satellites were not replaced and the Japanese ECS program was terminated.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 130.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Stats
1980
18th orbital launch attempt
N-I
6th mission
1st mission of 1980
5th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission