Hiten Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

24 Jan 1990, 11:46am

Location

Uchinoura Space Center Launch Site

Uchinoura Space Center

Pad

Mu Center

Launch Service Provider

ISAS logo

ISAS

Vehicle

Mu-3S-II

Mission

Hiten

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Destination

Elliptical Orbit

Japanese experimental satellite inserted in a highly elliptical Earth orbit which released a small satellite named Hagoromo into orbit around the Moon.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:57pm UTC

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