Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
Japan
Date
Sat, 20 Feb 1993 02:20:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3796 ever
Mission
The objective of the ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy) (or Astro D) mission was to perform spectroscopic X-Ray astronomy in the wavelength band 1--12 keV. with particular emphasis on spectroscopy of the iron K band.