First Japanese scientific satellite to successfully reach orbit.
Vehicle
Mu-4S
Mu · S
Height
23.6 m
Diameter
1.41 m
LEO capacity
180 kg
Successful launches
3
Launch complex
Mu Center
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle. Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.