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Mu-3S-II | Asuka
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
The objective of the ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy) (or Astro D) mission was to perform spectroscopic X-Ray astronomy in the wavelength band 1--12 keV. with particular emphasis on spectroscopy of the iron K band.
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