1997 · Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Haruka

successM-V | Haruka

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.

Overview

Date / time: February 12, 1997 at 04:50 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Mu Center
Mission: Haruka
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Elliptical Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

HALCA (MUSES-B)

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