Tenma

Tenma (てんま) is the name of a Japanese artificial satellite which was put into orbit.

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

Tenma was sent into orbit on February 20, 1983.

This was Japan's second x-ray astronomy satellite.

References

Other websites

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tenma (ASTRO-B) mission profile Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
• NASA, Tenma (astro B) satellite Archived 2017-04-01 at the Wayback Machine

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