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Launched 1979-02-06 08:46 UTCOsaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
N-I lifted off with Ayame, but the launch failed.
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Japanese experimental communications satellite
Launches
15
Successful
14
93%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
34m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
1,200kg
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