Status
Success
Kiku 3
Launch Time
Wed Feb 11, 1981 08:30 UTC
Wed Feb 11, 1981 08:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Kiku 3
Engineering Test Satellite-4 (ETS-4) was launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan from the Tanegashima Space Center using the N-2 Star-37E launch vehicle. The satellite's national name was Kiku-3.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 640.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit
Location
LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Stats
1981
13th orbital launch attempt
N-II
1st mission
1st mission of 1981
1st successful mission