Status: Retired
6/22/1942 –
Nationality: Japanese
Type: Non-Astronaut Passenger
First Flight: 12/2/1990
Last Flight: 12/2/1990
Toyohiro Akiyama (born July 22, 1942) is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his flight to the Mir space station aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in 1990. Akiyama is the first person of Japanese nationality to have flown in space.
Amsat
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: AMSAT
Country: USA,CAN,DEU,ITA,JPN,IND,GBR
AMSAT is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide, but in particular the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) with headquarters at Washington, D.C. AMSAT organizations design, build, arrange launches for, and then operate (command) satellites carrying amateur radio payloads, including the OSCAR series of satellites. Other informally affiliated national organizations exist, such as AMSAT Germany (AMSAT-DL) and AMSAT Japan (JAMSAT).
