ASTRO-C

ASTRO-C, renamed Ginga (galaxy in Japanese) after its launch was the third satellite launched to study the sky in X-rays from Japan. It was launched on February 5, 1987 from the Kagoshima Space Center to an orbit with about 510 km of perigee and 670 of apogee, with a slope of 31 ° and a period of about 96 minutes. The satellite operated until 1 November 1991, when it was incinerated in the atmosphere. The observational program was open to scientists from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries. The instruments carried on board this satellite were as follows:

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