TANSEI-4 (MS-T4)
JAXA/ISAS's TANSEI-4 (MS-T4) was an engineering-test mission launched on 1980-02-17 aboard M-3S-1 from Uchinoura. It verified the M-3S vehicle and tested magnetic and flywheel attitude control, solar-array deployment, telemetry, tracking, and related technologies for later scientific satellites until operations ended on 1983-05-13.
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- TANSEI-4MS-T4Tansei 4 Engineering Test Satellite
- Name
- TANSEI-4 (MS-T4)
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- JAXA/ISAS's TANSEI-4 (MS-T4) was an engineering-test mission launched on 1980-02-17 aboard M-3S-1 from Uchinoura. It verified the M-3S vehicle and tested magnetic and flywheel attitude control, solar-array deployment, telemetry, tracking, and related technologies for later scientific satellites until operations ended on 1983-05-13.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- End Date
- 1983-05-13
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- Start Date
- 1980-02-17
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:58:32 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:58:32 UTC
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