flown missionSuccess
Mu-3S-II | Hiten
Institute of Space and Astronautical ScienceMu Center — Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Hiten
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Japanese experimental satellite inserted in a highly elliptical Earth orbit which released a small satellite named Hagoromo into orbit around the Moon.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Mu-3S-II
- Family
- Mu
- Variant
- S-II
- Provider
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
- Type
- Government
- Country
- JPN
launch site
- Pad
- Mu Center
- Location
- Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Country
- JPN
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 31.2510, 131.0821