LAUNCH CENTER
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Fri May 09 2003
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Hayabusa
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
M-VDescription:
The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- MUSES-C (renamed Hayabusa after launch) is a sample return mission to the asteroid. Its primary goal is to acquire and verify technology which is necessary to retrieve samples from a small body in the solar system and to bring back them to the earth.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Pad
Mu Center