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ECS

During 1979-1980 Japan launched two Experimental Communications Satellites (ECS, also known as Ayame) on N-l boosters from Tanegashima. However, both satellites were lost shortly after launch during the firing of their apogee kick motors. These small, 130-kg, spin stabilized satellites were not replaced and the Japanese ECS program was terminated.

Sources and Resources

• Adapted from: Europe and Asia in Space 1993-1994, Nicholas Johnson and David Rodvold [Kaman Sciences / Air Force Phillips Laboratory]

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