M-V | Haruka

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Government)
• Rocket: M-V — Mu family

Mission

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.

• Type: Astrophysics
• Orbit: Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Launch Site

• Pad: Mu Center
• Location: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
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