Success
Hayabusa
Astrophysics
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science(ISAS)Government
M-V
Asteroidorbit
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.
Friday, May 9, 2003 at 4:29 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,595
ISAS Mission
#32
Pad Launch
#27
Location Launch
#32
Designator
2003-019
Launch Window
NET
May 9, 2003, 4:29 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned in 2006. It continues to be used for suborbital launches, stratospheric balloons and has also been used for the Epsilon orbital launch vehicle. Additionally, the center has antennas for communication with interplanetary space probes.
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Local Launch Time
May 9, 2003, 1:29 PM
Total Launches
43
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
31.2519, 131.0819
M-V Specs
The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
Length
30.8 m
Diameter
2.5 m
Launch Mass
137 t
Thrust
3,780 kN
LEO Capacity
1,800 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1997
Fastest Turnaround
7mo 3d
Total Launches
7
Successful
6
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
4
Maiden flight: Feb 12, 1997
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
ISAS is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development.
Total Launches
32
Successful
24
Failed
8
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
1