launched fromJapan

ECS-A

Name: ECS-A
Start: 1979-02-06T08:46:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Failure

FEB 06197908:46:00 UTC

Recontact between satellite and upper stage.

LIFTOFF

FEB 06 1979

08:46:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor N-IN-5intoGTO

Payload

ECS-A (Ayame 1)

Experimental communication satellite