Hinode
Hinode, formerly Solar-B, is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Solar mission with United States and United Kingdom collaboration.
It is the follow-up to the Yohkoh (Solar-A) mission and it was launched on the final flight of the M-V rocket from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on 22 September 2006 at 21:36 UTC. Its initial orbit was perigee height 280 km (170 mi), apogee height 686 km (426 mi), inclination 98.3 degrees, after which the satellite maneuvered to the quasi-circular Sun-synchronous orbit over the day/night terminator, which allows near-continuous observation of the Sun. On 28 October 2006, the probe's instruments captured their first images.
Getting around Hinode the local way
- Get inUwajima-un'yu ferry company operates frequent service from Yawatahama, with about 6 crossings per day, going to Beppu port.
- Get inDiamond Ferries runs a service from Kobe to reasonably nearby Oita, with no stops.
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