HINOTORI (ASTRO-A)
JAXA/ISAS's HINOTORI (ASTRO-A) was a solar-observation mission launched on 1981-02-21 aboard M-3S-2 from Uchinoura. It imaged solar flares in hard X-rays and measured solar particles, X-ray bursts, gamma rays, and related plasma phenomena, contributing observations during the international solar-maximum campaign until operations ended on 1991-07-11.
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- HINOTORIASTRO-AHinotori Solar Observation Satellite
- Name
- HINOTORI (ASTRO-A)
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- JAXA/ISAS's HINOTORI (ASTRO-A) was a solar-observation mission launched on 1981-02-21 aboard M-3S-2 from Uchinoura. It imaged solar flares in hard X-rays and measured solar particles, X-ray bursts, gamma rays, and related plasma phenomena, contributing observations during the international solar-maximum campaign until operations ended on 1991-07-11.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- End Date
- 1991-07-11
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- Start Date
- 1981-02-21
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:53:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:53:01 UTC
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