1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
Tenma
Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 20 Feb 1983
- Lead / partner
- Japan
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- M-3S
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
Why it happened
Tenma flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of Japan's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite.
Results
Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog