• ISAS (now JAXA) ASTRO-A or Hinotori (satellite), a solar X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-B or Tenma, an X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-C or Ginga (satellite)...
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  • Hinotori, also known as ASTRO-A before launch, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite. It was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science...
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    Suzaku (satellite) (redirect from ASTRO-EII)
    Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard...
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    The Mu, also known as M, was a series of Japanese solid-fueled carrier rockets, which were launched from Uchinoura between 1966 and 2006. Originally developed...
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  • orbit, until it was briefly terminated by the launch failure of ASTRO-E. In 1981, as a part of university system reform, and for the mission expansion...
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  • States on VHS by Video Action under the cover title The Phoenix (Hinotori) in 1982, using a subtitled print, letterboxed only in the split-screen sequence...
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  • Ginga (satellite) (redirect from ASTRO-C)
    following Hakucho and Tenma (also Hinotori satellite - which preceded Ginga - had X-ray sensors, but it can be seen as a heliophysics rather than X-ray astronomy...
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    Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA, formerly named ASTRO-D) was the fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy mission by JAXA, and the second...
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    Tenma (redirect from ASTRO-B)
    Tenma, known as ASTRO-B before launch (COSPAR 1983-011A, SATCAT 13829), was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite, developed by the Institute of Space...
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    Hitomi (satellite) (redirect from ASTRO-H)
    Hitomi (Japanese: ひとみ), also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration...
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    Akari (satellite) (redirect from ASTRO-F)
    AKARI (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea...
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    utilize X-ray focusing optics. Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT): WXT has a new optics design, called "lobster-eye", that has wider field of view. "Lobster-eye"...
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  • The Japanese Module, also known as the Kibō successor module, is a commercial space module for scientific research being studied by the Japanese space...
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  • This is a list of films produced by and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. and films by its predecessors (such as J.O. Studios) and subsidiaries (such as Toho...
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    During its early design phase, XRISM was also known as the "ASTRO-H Successor" or "ASTRO-H2". After the loss of Hitomi, the name XARM was used, the R...
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    Suisei (すいせい, lit. "Comet"), originally known as Planet-A, was an uncrewed space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now...
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  • (official name "High-sensitivity Solar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Satellite") is a planned Sun-observing satellite being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration...
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    System (QZSS), also known as Michibiki (みちびき), is a four-satellite regional satellite navigation system and a satellite-based augmentation system developed...
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  • ASTRO-G (also known as VSOP-2, and very rarely called VSOP-B) was a planned radio telescope satellite by JAXA. It was expected to be launched into elliptic...
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    completed its mission a year before. Japan's solar astronomy started in the early 1980s with the launch of the Hinotori (ASTRO-A) X-ray mission. The Hinode...
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    is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Solar mission with United States and United Kingdom collaboration. It is the follow-up to the Yohkoh (Solar-A) mission...
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    Hakuto-R Mission 1 was a failed private Japanese uncrewed lunar landing mission built and operated by ispace, which was launched in December 2022 for...
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  • Superbird-9, will be a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space....
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    satellite. It is designed for a lifetime of two years. LEIA has a sensor module giving it a field of view of 340 square degrees. It is a preliminary mission testing...
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    Ohsumi (satellite) (category First artificial satellites of a country)
    satellite put into orbit. It was launched on February 11, 1970 at 04:25 UTC with a Lambda 4S-5 rocket from Uchinoura Space Center by Institute of Space and Aeronautical...
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  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced a proposal to replace the HTV with an improved, cost-reduced version preliminarily...
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    Yohkoh (redirect from SOLAR-A)
    the line of ion Fe XXVI (1.76 Å–1.81 Å), ion Fe XXV (1.83 Å–1.90 Å), ion Ca XIX (3.16 Å–3.19 Å), and ion S XV (5.02 Å–5.11 Å). Spectral resolution varied...
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    31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023. Wedemeyer-Böhm, S.; Lagg, A.; Nordlund, Å (15 September 2009). "Coupling from the photosphere to the chromosphere...
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    Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA as well as other international space agencies to make frequent (every...
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  • SUNY Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781438437927. "Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix = [DVD] = Hinotori. Volume 1, Persistence of time / animation production, Tezuka Productions ;...
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