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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:00:00
Saturday February 16, 1974
First launch of Mu-III C.
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.
Medium Earth Orbit
1 Payload
65 kilograms
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1974
5th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1974
9th
Orbital launch attempt