Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Haruka

M-V

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, February 12, 1997 · 04:50 UTC

Mission

/01

HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communication and Astronomy), a.k.a. VSOP (Very Large Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme) or Muses-B, is the first astronomical satellite dedicated to Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). It was launched on its maiden flight by ISAS's M-5 [KM-V1] launch vehicle from Kagoshima Space Center on 12 February 1997.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

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

24

Pad Launches

29

Location Launches

29

Agency Launches

6

Orbital This Year

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