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CORSA

Mu-3C launch from Uchinoura (Kagoshima) (Japan) on February 4, 1976, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a failure.

February 4, 1976 · 06:00 UTCLaunch 1976-F01Launch no. 1,789 in the log
RocketMu-3C
SpaceportUchinoura (Kagoshima)pad M
OutcomeFailurestage 2 guidance or control failure
Launch agencyISASJapan

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
February 4, 1976, 06:00
Launch designation
1976-F01
Mission
CORSA
Vehicle flight ID
M-3C-3

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
84 km
Payload mass to orbit
0.085 t
Payloads
1
GCAT launch code
OF · S2G

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
CORSA1976-F01Institute of Space and Aeronautical Sci———

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.