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Advanced Earth
Observing Satellite (ADEOS) "MIDORI" is the first international
space platform dedicated to Earth environmental research developed
and managed by the National Space Development Agency of Japan
(NASDA, changed to JAXA today). At 10:53 (JST) August 17, 1996,
ADEOS was launched successfully by an H-II Launch Vehicle No. 4,
from Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC), and given a name "MIDORI". It
provided a large volume of data containing valuable information
about our environment atmosphere, ocean and land for about 10 months
until it suddenly got out of control on June 30, 1997 because of the
structural damage in its solar array paddle.
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