Nozomi (spacecraft)
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The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.
The spacecraft was launched on July 3, 1998.[1]
Nozumi was planned as a Mars-orbiting probe. The mission was not successful because of electrical failures.
The Nozumi probe project was ended on December 31, 2003.[1]
International partnership
Nozomi carried scientific instruments from Japan, Canada, Germany, Sweden and the United States.[2] including the European Space Agency, NASA and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics.[3]
Canada provided a thermal plasma analyser. This was the Canadian Space Agency's first participation in an interplanetary mission.[4]
Nozomi (spacecraft) Media
Nozomi was launched on July 3, 1998.
Animation of Nozomi's orbit around Sun Nozomi · Sun · Earth · Mars
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-24.
- ↑ NASA, "Nozomi" Archived 2007-09-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-24.
- ↑ Harvey, Brian et al. (2010). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America, p. 54.
- ↑ Canadian Space Agency (CSA), "Nozomi's mission to Mars" Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-24.
Other websites
Media related to Nozomi at Wikimedia Commons
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Nozomi (Planet-B) mission profile Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Nozomi Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
