LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Feb 12 1997

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Haruka

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(4:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:50 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

M-V

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

Type: Astrophysics
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.

Location

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Pad

Mu Center