NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Tansei 2

Launch Time
Sat Feb 16, 1974 05:00 UTC

First launch of Mu-III C.

Rocket

Mu-III C
ISAS
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 195 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 8

Mission Details

Tansei 2

MS-T2, also called Tansei 2, was launched from the Kagoshima Space Center by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo. Technological test equipment of a magnetic attitude control system of satellite, a housekeeping measurement system, and a radio telemetry system were installed on board.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 65.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

Mu Pad, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Stats

1974

9th orbital launch attempt

Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science

5th mission
1st mission of 1974
4th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission

Mu-III

1st mission
1st mission of 1974
1st successful mission