Operator | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
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COSPAR ID | 1972-064A |
SATCAT no. | 06152 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 August 1972[1] | UTC
Launch site | Kagoshima Space Center |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 19 May 1980 |
Denpa (電波, denpa, literally, "electromagnetic wave"), also known as REXS (Radiation EXperiments Satellite), was a Japanese satellite. [2] The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo. The satellite was launched on February 19, 1972. [3] Its objective was to conduct measurements in the magnetosphere. It failed shortly after launch; a later report concluded that the transmitter failed due to a high voltage arc. [2]