The Experimental Geodetic Payload is a Japanese satellite sponsored by NASDA, and launched in 1986 on the first flight of the H-I rocket. After launch, the satellite was renamed Ajisai (the Japanese name for the Hydrangea plant), but it is most commonly known by the acronym EGP. Some sources identify the satellite as the Experimental Geodetic Satellite, or EGS.
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