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Kiku-6
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Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sun, Aug 28, 1994, 07:50
Rocket