Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Hayabusa

M-V

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, May 9, 2003 · 04:29 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Asteroid (Asteroid)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

M-V

Variant: V

Launch Pad

Mu Center

Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

31.251° N, 131.082° E

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Pad Launches

32

Location Launches

32

Agency Launches

19

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