National Space Development Agency of JapanN-IOsaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Ayame

Launched

February 6, 1979

Launch Failure

Summary

Ayame launched on a National Space Development Agency of Japan N-I from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 6, 1979. The mission failed. It was National Space Development Agency of Japan's 5th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,182nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th N-I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: N-I · National Space Development Agency of Japan
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Milestone: 5th N-I flight · 1st this yearNational Space Development Agency of Japan's 5th launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,182nd orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year

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Catalogued objects

6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 debris; 4 still in orbit

Ayame · NORAD 11261 · in orbit

N-I-5F Stage 2 · re-entered February 10, 1979

N-I-5F Stage 3 · re-entered September 27, 2014

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Japanese experimental communications satellite

Pad

Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

5th launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 1st this year · 5th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

355 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did Ayame launch?

Ayame launched on February 6, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch Ayame?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched Ayame?

N-I, flown by National Space Development Agency of Japan. N-I spec sheet

Where did Ayame launch from?

Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

What orbit was Ayame going to?

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.

How many satellites did Ayame launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).