Launch date 21 February 1979 | ||
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Similar Tenma, Ginga, High Energy A, HALCA, Granat | ||
Super hakucho 83km underground train 240meters under the ocean in japan going to honshu main island from hokkaido
Hakucho (also known as CORSA-b before launch) was Japan's first X-ray astronomy satellite, developed by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (then a division of the University of Tokyo). It was launched by the ISAS M-3C-4 rocket on February 21, 1979 and reentered the atmosphere on April 16, 1985.
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It was a replacement for the CORSA satellite which failed to launch due to rocket failure on February 4, 1976.
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