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Cosmic Radiation Satellite

Japanese satellite lost in a 1976 launch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Cosmic Radiation Satellite (CORSA, also CORSA-A) was a Japanese space telescope. It was supposed to be Japan's first X-ray astronomy satellite but was lost due to failure of its Mu-3 launch vehicle on 4 Feb 1976. A replacement satellite Hakucho (CORSA-b) was later launched.

Sources

  • "NASA - NSSDC - Spacecraft - Details (CORSA)". NASA. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  • "Astronautix - Corsa A". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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