LAUNCH CENTER

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Sun Jul 10 2005
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Suzaku
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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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
- Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Pad
Mu Center