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M-V | Suzaku

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · M-V · Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 15th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 4,722nd orbital launch attempt

July 10, 2005Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jul 10, 03:30Jul 10, 03:30 UTC

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Suzaku

Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South

Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Pad — Mu Center

36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

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