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Astro
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| Astro-A / Hinotori | Astro-F / Akari |
This page contains philatelic information on the Astro-series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The Astro-F / Akari / IRIS satellite from 2006 should not be confused with either the ESRO-2A/2B / IRIS-1/2 series from 1967/1968, or with the Explorer-94 / IRIS / SMEX-12 satellite from 2013, or with the Russian IRIS satellite from 2009.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Astro (Japan) | Astro (Japan) | Astro (Japan) |
| Astro (on other than Astro launch covers) |
Below is a list of Astro-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Astro (Japan) | ||||
| Angola | 1107d (Mi1433) | One of MS6 (1107 (a-f)) (Mi1430-1435) | 1999 | "Ginga" / Astro-C |
| Central African Republic | BL978 | On stamp (Mi3821) of SS1 | 2012 | "Akari" / Astro-F |
| Central African Republic | BL978 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | 514 (Mi831) | 1982 | Astro-A / Hinotori (in upper-right corner) | |
| Gabon | 514 proof | Signed proof | ||
| Gambia | 2268d (Mi3701) | From MS6 (2268 (a-f)) (Mi3698-3703) | 2000 | "Astro-E" / Suzaku |
| Gambia | 2268d essay | From MS6 (2268 imperforate essay (a-f)) | ||
| Gambia | 2268 essay fdc | MS6 (2268 imperforate essay) on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 2007 | Astro-F / Akari / IRIS |
| Guinea Republic | BL1598A BL1598B | On stamp (Mi5970) of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | 2008 | "Astro-E" / Suzaku |
| Guinea Republic | BL1598A misperf | Mis-perforated | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1598A fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1679A BL1679B | On stamp (Mi6518A) of SS1 On stamp (Mi6518B) of imperforate SS1 | 2009 | "Astro-F" / Akari / IRIS |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4496A Mi4496B | One of MS5 (Mi4492A-4496A) One of imperforate MS5 (Mi4492B-4496B) | 2009 | "Astro-F" / "Akari" / IRIS |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4496A ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi4496A) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4492A-4496A_ms5 fdc | MS5 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL733A BL733B | On stamp (Mi4497) of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL733A fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Japan | 3017d (Mi4470) | One of strip of 2 (3017c-d), or one of MS10 (3017 (a-j)) (Mi4467-4476) | 2008 | Astro-E2 / Suzaku |
| Japan | 3017a-j fdc | One of ten stamps on FDC | ||
| Niger | 843Bc (BL78A) i843Bc (BL78B) | In (upper) margin of SS1 (843B) In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (i843B) | 1991 | "Ginga" / Astro-C |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (upper) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2005 | Astro-A / Hinotori |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | 5063b (Mi10470) | One of MS4 (5063 (a-d)) (Mi10469-10472) | 2018 | "Hitomi" / Astro-H |
| Sierra Leone | Mi16631-16634_ms4 | MS4 (Mi16631-16634) | 2023 | "30th anniv. launch Asuka / Astro-D" |
| Sierra Leone | BL2867 | SS1 (Mi16635) | ||
Below is a list of Astro-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Astro (Japan) | ||||
| 1981-02-21: Astro-A / Hinotori | ||||
| United States | 1981-02-20 | Greenbelt MD | (NASA GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Astro-A launch |
| United States | 1981-02-20 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage orange and brown) cachet on cover | Astro-A launch |
| Japan | 1981-02-21 1981-02-21 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) Uchinoura (text cancel) | (Space Voyage orange and purple) cachet on cover | Astro-A launch |
| Japan | 1981-02-21 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage orange and blue) cachet on cover | Astro-A launch |
| Japan | 1981-02-21 1981-02-21 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) Uchinoura (text cancel) | (Zaso silk) cachet on cover | Astro-A launch |
| 1983-02-20: Astro-B / Tenma | ||||
| Japan | 1983-02-20 1983-02-20 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) Uchinoura (text cancel) | (Space Voyage blue and black and grey) cachet on cover | Astro-B launch |
| 1987-02-05: Astro-C / Ginga | ||||
| Japan | 1987-02-05 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage purple and pink) cachet on cover | Astro-C launch |
| Japan | 1987-02-05 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage blue and pink) cachet on cover | Astro-C launch |
| Spain | 1987-02-05 | Madrid | (Space Voyage brown and pink) cachet on cover | Astro-C launch |
| 1993-02-20: Astro-D / ACSA / Asuka | ||||
| Japan | 1993-02-20 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage red and green) cachet on cover | Astro-D launch |
| Astro-D / ACSA / Asuka (events) | ||||
| Japan | 1993-11-20 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage orange and brown and grey) cachet on cover | End of performance evaluation period and beginning of operations |
| 2000-02-10: Astro-E [failed] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2005-07-10: Astro-E2 / Suzaku | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2006-02-21: Astro-F / Akari / IRIS (and OSCAR-56 and SSSat-1) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2016-02-17: Astro-H / Hitomi / NeXT (and Horyu-4 and ChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Astro (on other than Astro launch covers) | ||||
| Japan | 1977-09-14 | Uchinoura | (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.96) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | X-ray/UV astronomy mission "as preliminary test for the coming launch of [the] 7th scientific satellite" (which was Astro-A/Hinotori) |
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