Tenma
 Tenma (Japanese for "Pegasus") | |||||||||
| Names | ASTRO-B | ||||||||
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| Mission type | X-ray astronomy | ||||||||
| Operator | ISAS | ||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1983-011A | ||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 13829 | ||||||||
| Mission duration | 5 years, 9 months, 27 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||
| Launch mass | 216 kg (476 lb)[1] | ||||||||
| Dimensions | 0.94 m × 0.895 m (3.08 ft × 2.94 ft) | ||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||
| Launch date | 20 February 1983, 05:10 UTC | ||||||||
| Rocket | M-3S | ||||||||
| Launch site | Kagoshima Space Center | ||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||
| Disposal | Decommissioned | ||||||||
| Last contact | 17 December 1988[2] | ||||||||
| Decay date | 19 January 1989 | ||||||||
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| Reference system | Geocentric[1] | ||||||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Perigee altitude | 489 km (304 mi) | ||||||||
| Apogee altitude | 503 km (313 mi) | ||||||||
| Inclination | 31.5° | ||||||||
| Period | 94 minutes | ||||||||
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Tenma, known as ASTRO-B before launch, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. It was launched on 20 February 1983, using a M-3S rocket on the M-3S-3 mission. It was the second X-ray observatory successfully operated by Japan after Hakucho (CORSA-B),[3][a] and it had a superior temporal and spectral sensitivity compared to its predecessor.[5]
Battery failure in July 1984 caused the operation to become limited, and continuing problems lead to the termination of X-ray observation on 11 November 1985,[6] however it remained in sporadic contact until 17 December 1988.[2] It reentered the atmosphere on 19 January 1989.[b]
Highlights
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[edit]- 1 2 G. D. Krebs. "Astro B (Tenma)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Tenma | Spacecraft". isas.jaxa.jp. JAXA / ISAS. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ Y. Tanaka; M. Fujii; H. Inoue; et al. (1984). "X-ray astronomy satellite Tenma" (PDF). Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 36 (4): 641–658. Bibcode:1984PASJ...36..641T. doi:10.1093/pasj/36.4.641. ISSN 0004-6264.
- ↑ G. D. Krebs. "Corsa A, B (Hakucho)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ C. Simpson (1984). "Tenma – Japan's X-ray satellite". Spaceflight. Vol. 26. p. 284. Bibcode:1984SpFl...26..284S. ISSN 0038-6340.
- 1 2 L. Angelini; J. Allen (7 October 2003). "The Tenma [Astro-B] satellite". heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA / GSFC. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ T. S. Kelso. "CelesTrak: Search Satellite Catalog". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
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- Tenma at ISAS
- Tenma at NASA Archived 2017-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
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