Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
Japan
Date
Sat, 18 Mar 1995 08:01:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3974 ever
Mission
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.