Remembering: Ohsumi and The Fourth Nation Into Space

On February 11, 1970 Ohsumi was launched into orbit, from the Kagoshima Space Center.

Ohsumi was the first satellite launched by Japan.

It marked Japan's arrival into space, as the fourth country to make it.

They followed the Soviet Union in 1957, the United States in 1958, and France in 1965.

The satellite would stay in orbit until August 2, 2003, when it burned up in the atmosphere.