M-V | Hayabusa

Launch Provider & Rocket

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

Mission

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.

• Type: Astrophysics
• Orbit: Asteroid (Asteroid)

Launch Site

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