Deployed Asuka (ASTRO-D/ASCA), a Japanese-US X-ray astronomy satellite for spectroscopic studies of cosmic X-ray sources including the iron K-band; it was the first X-ray observatory to use CCD detectors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 420 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 8 Mu-3S-II flights
- Date and time
- 20 February 1993, 02:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Mu-3S-II
- Builder
- Nissan
- Launch site
- Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1993-011
- Launches in 1993
- 11th of 83
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