NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ohzora

Launch Time
Tue Feb 14, 1984 08:00 UTC

Last flight of Mu-III S.

Rocket

Mu-III S
ISAS
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 290 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 8

Mission Details

Ohzora

The purpose of this mission was to perform remote sensing of the minor constituents of the middle atmosphere and to study the wave-particle interactions in the ionospheric plasma in the South American anomaly and the auroral zones. This mission is part of the Middle Atmosphere Program (MAP).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 210.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Mu Pad, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Stats

1984

15th orbital launch attempt

Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science

15th mission
1st mission of 1984
13th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission

Mu-III

11th mission
1st mission of 1984
10th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission