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SELENE

completedLaunch 2007-039
Launched 9/14/2007HEOService CGSat DSO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
3 payloads
Kaguya
retired
Science Exploration
HEO
Okina
retired
Science ExplorationHEO
Ouna
retired
Science ExplorationHEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
9/14/2007
Launch ID
2007-039
Launch Profile
Sat DSO O
Service Type
CG
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Launch Vehicle
H-IIA 2022
Launch Site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Osaki Site, Tanegashima Space Center (Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon)J
Payload Summary
Payload Count
3
Payload Status
retired 3
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 3
Track
Mentions
5
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

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