M 型ロケット発射装置

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Mu rocket assembly and launch system was renewed on the same place where the former one had stood on. After breaking down of the former one, the foundation work started on April 1981,and all of the construction finished on August 1982. This system consists of a rocket assembly tower and a launcher. The assembly tower is a steel-framed truss structure building which has 11 floors and contains cranes, big doors, and movable floors necessary to bring in, assemble, and check out the Mu rocket. This tower is 43m high, 18m wide, 13m deep, and 700 ton in weight. The launcher is 300 ton in weight and made up of a boom structure and guide rails on which a rocket slides away. This launcher can revolve by bogies on a circular rail from the assembly tower toward the launching point. A flame deflector cooled by water is automatically installed to the launcher during its revolution. On February 20 1983,M-3S-3 rocket was successfully launced as the first satellite launch using this system.
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