flown missionSuccess

M-V | Suzaku

Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyMu Center — Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Suzaku
Type
Astrophysics
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
M-V
Family
Mu
Variant
V
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Type
Government
Country
JPN

launch site

Pad
Mu Center
Location
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Country
JPN
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo