Oshumi

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Oshumi was Japan's first ever artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit on February 11, 1970, was launched from Kagoshima Space Centre with a Lambda 4S-5 rocket. Japan became the fourth nation after the USSR, USA and France to release an artificial satellite into successful orbit.