ISAS M-V Haruka

Name: ISAS M-V Haruka
Start: 1997-02-12T04:50:00.000Z
Location: Mu Center

M-V rocket used for the Haruka space launch

M-V

Status

Success

Date

12 FEB 1997

04:50

Launch Provider

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Launch Pad

Mu Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communication and Astronomy), a.k.a. VSOP (Very Large Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme) or Muses-B, is the first astronomical satellite dedicated to Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). It was launched on its maiden flight by ISAS's M-5 [KM-V1] launch vehicle from Kagoshima Space Center on 12 February 1997.

Rocket

M-V

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.

Height

30.8 m

Diameter

2.5 m

Launch Mass

137 T

Thrust

3,780 kN