Sakigake

Sakigake (さきがけ) is the name of a Japanese space probe which was sent on an interplanetary mission.

The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

The satellite was launched on January 7, 1985.

References

Other websites

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sakigake (MS-T5) mission profile Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
• NASA, Sakigake Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

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