SFU (Space Flyer Unit)
The IRTS
is onboard a multi-pupose space experment
platform called
SFU (Space Flyer Unit).
Various kinds of experiments were done on SFU.
IRTS on SFU Experiments on SFU
SFU was lauched
by a Japanese HII rocket
on March 18, 1995, and was retrieved by the US
Space Shuttle on January 13, 1996.
SFU on orbit SFU recovered by Space Shuttle
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