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MABES

Mission type	Technology development/test satellite
Operator	NASDA
COSPAR ID	1986-061C
SATCAT no.	16910
Start of mission
Launch date	12 August 1986, 20:45 (1986-08-12UTC20:45Z) UTC
Rocket	H-I
Launch site	Tanegashima Osaki
Contractor	Mitsubishi
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	low Earth
Perigee altitude	1,489.6 kilometres (925.6 mi)
Apogee altitude	1,061.8 kilometres (659.8 mi)
Inclination	50.0 degrees
Period	116.8 minutes

Magnetic Bearing Flywheel Experimental System (MABES), also known as Jindai (じんだい) is a National Space Development Agency of Japan(NASDA) satellite mission. It conducted experiments on the levitation of the magnetic bearing flywheel in a zero-G environment, and tested the function of the launch lock mechanism.

On 12 August 1986, Jindai was launched from Tanegashima Space Center aboard the maiden flight of H-I rocket, along with Ajisai and Fuji.

Jindai is attached to the second stage of the H-1 rocket, and as of 2013, still remains in low Earth orbit.

References

1. ^ "H-1 R/B(MABES)". REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
2. "Past Projects - Satellites and Spacecraft". JAXA. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
3. "MABES (Jindai)". GUNTER'S SPACE PAGE. Retrieved 2013-08-13.

• Satellites of Japan
• Spacecraft launched in 1986