1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
Yohkoh
Observed solar flares and coronal activity.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1991
- Lead / partner
- Japan / United States / United Kingdom
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Solar X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Mu-3S-II
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
Why it happened
Yohkoh flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of Japan / United States / United Kingdom'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: Observed solar flares and coronal activity.
Results
Observed solar flares and coronal activity.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- NASA/MSFC, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
