Taiyo (satellite)

Taiyo (たいよう) is the name of a Japanese artificial satellite which was put into orbit.

The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

The satellite was sent into orbit on February 24, 1975.^[1] It entered the atmosphere and burned up on 29 June 1980.

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Taiyo (SPRATS) mission profile Archived 2008-11-17 at the Wayback Machine

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