Launch Alert | Flight 7
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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

Location

No Recovery Specified

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No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

M-V

Description:

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

M-V rocket
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