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On February 11, 1970, japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. The year's #1 song was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. Ricky Schroder, Saad Hariri, Willie Roaf would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 11, 1970
The Ohsumi satellite, Japan’s first artificial satellite, was launched on February 11, 1970, at 04:25 UTC by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) from the Kagoshima Space Center, which is located on the Ohsumi peninsula in Japan. This location was chosen for its strategic position in coordinating eastward launches, optimizing the rocket's trajectory. The launch vehicle was the Lambda 4S-5, a rocket developed by the ISAS of the University of Tokyo.
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1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.
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First Japanese satellite put into orbit, launched in 1970
The Ohsumi satellite, Japan’s first artificial satellite, was launched on February 11, 1970, at 04:25 UTC by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) from the Kagoshima Space Center, which is located on the Ohsumi peninsula in Japan. This location was chosen for its strategic position in coordinating eastward launches, optimizing the rocket's trajectory. The launch vehicle was the Lambda 4S-5, a rocket developed by the ISAS of the University of Tokyo.
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